Evidence-based On-call

internal medicine

Pulmonary embolism

Prevalence
Clinical features
Differential Diagnosis
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis

Prognosis

Recurrent PE is uncommon following treatment ^a, but mortality is high

^a

A poor prognosis is associated with

cancer ^a
chronic lung disease ^a
left heart failure ^a
immobility ^a
surgery within the last 3 months ^a
a history of thrombophlebitis ^a

Expiry date: July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author	CM Ball
Reviewer	B Lee
CAT Writers	CM Ball, C Wotton, M Hayatli