Xia Zhou, Yuanhua Yang, Zhenguo Zhai, Dingyi Wang, Jieping Lei, Xiaomao Xu, Yingqun Ji, Qun Yi, Hong Chen, Xiaoyun Hu, Zhihong Liu, Yimin Mao, Jie Zhang, Juhong Shi, Zhu Zhang, Sinan Wu, Qian Gao, Xincao Tao, Wanmu Xie, Jun Wan, Yunxia Zhang, Shuai Zhang, Kaiyuan Zhen, Zhonghe Zhang, Baomin Fang, Chen Wang
BACKGROUND: Clinical characteristics of patients with pulmonary thromboembolism have been described in previous studies. Although very old patients with pulmonary thromboembolism are a special group based on comorbidities and age, they do not receive special attention. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to explore the clinical characteristics and mortality predictors among very old patients with pulmonary thromboembolism in a relatively large population. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: The study included a total of 7438 patients from a national, multicenter, registry study, the China pUlmonary thromboembolism REgistry Study (CURES)...
January 10, 2024: BMC Pulmonary Medicine