Adoption of a dedicated multidisciplinary team is associated with improved survival in acute pulmonary embolism

Abstract Background Acute pulmonary embolism remains a significant cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Benefit of recently developed multidisciplinary PE response teams (PERT) with higher utilization of advanced therapies has not been established. Methods To evaluate patient-centered outcome...

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Main Authors: Lukasz A. Myc, Jigna N. Solanki, Andrew J. Barros, Nebil Nuradin, Matthew G. Nevulis, Kranthikiran Earasi, Emily D. Richardson, Shawn C. Tsutsui, Kyle B. Enfield, Nicholas R. Teman, Ziv J. Haskal, Sula Mazimba, Jamie L. W. Kennedy, Andrew D. Mihalek, Aditya M. Sharma, Alexandra Kadl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-020-01422-z