News: Pulmonary embolism patients with COVID-19 at higher risk of mortality, study finds
October 12, 2023
CDI Strategies - Volume 17, Issue 46
Patients diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism (PE) and COVID-19 maintained higher in-hospital mortality rates than those without COVID-19, according to MedPage Today.
Rana Prathap Padappayil, MBBS, of Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, presented the conclusions of a new study during the International Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians’ (CHEST) annual meeting.
According to Padappayil, whereas patients with PE and COVID-19 had an in-hospital mortality rate of 19.8%, PE patients without a concomitant COVID-19 virus had a rate of only 7.1%.
Editor’s note: Read the MedPage coverage, here.