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Editor(s)-In-Chief: The APEX Trial Investigators, C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Recurrence
The PESI and Geneva prediction rules can estimate mortality. They may guide the selection of patients who can be considered for outpatient therapy.[1] Right ventricular dysfunction on echocardiography, and higher than normal concentrations of troponin, identify high risk patients who might need escalation of therapy with thrombolysis or embolectomy even if the blood pressure is normal on presentation.
After a first PE, the search for secondary causes is usually brief. Only when a second PE occurs, and especially when this happens while still under anticoagulant therapy, a further search for underlying conditions is undertaken. This will include testing ("thrombophilia screen") for Factor V Leiden mutation, antiphospholipid antibodies, protein C and S, antithrombin levels, and later prothrombin mutation, MTHFR mutation, Factor VIII concentration and rarer inherited coagulation abnormalities.
When patients are admitted to medical wards or when patients undergo surgery, their physicians should prescribe prophylactic measures to prevent PE. After being discharged from the hospital, prophylaxis should continue for about a month, especially patients at high risk for a thromboembolism.
References
- ↑ Jiménez D, Yusen RD, Otero R; et al. (2007). "Prognostic models for selecting patients with acute pulmonary embolism for initial outpatient therapy". Chest. 132 (1): 24–30. doi:10.1378/chest.06-2921. PMID 17625081.