PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Burcu Koyden
AU  - Fusun Alatas
AU  - Selma Metintas
TI  - The PESI, the simplified PESI and the shock index for identification of high-risk and low-risk patients with acute pulmonary embolism
DP  - 2012 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P3885
VI  - 40
IP  - Suppl 56
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P3885.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P3885.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2012 Sep 01; 40
AB  - We compared the test characteristics of the pulmonary embolism severity index (PESI), the simplified pulmonary embolism severity index (sPESI) and shock index (SI) for predicting 30-day outcomes in a prospective study of 132 patients with objectiveliy confirmed pulmonary embolism (PE). The primary outcome of the study was 30-day mortality.Overall, 13 (9,8%) out of 132 patients died during the first month. The SI classified fewer patients as high-risk (41 (31,1%) out of 132 patients, compared to sPESI (45 (34,1%) and compared to PESI (57 (43,2%). High-risk patients based on the SI had a higher mortality than those based on the sPESI and PESI (31,7% versus 22,2% and17,5%). Low-risk patients based on the SI had a lower mortality than those based on sPESI and PESI (0% versus 3,4% and 4%).The SI quantified the prognosis of patients with PE beter than sPESI and PESI.