Variables | Frequency (N = 92) | Percentage (%) |
Venous thromboembolic event |
|
|
Pulmonary embolism | 53 | 57.6 |
DVT | 27 | 29.4 |
Pulmonary embolism + DVT | 12 | 13.0 |
Reoccurence |
|
|
Absent | 76 | 82.6 |
Present | 16 | 17.4 |
Place of care |
|
|
Inpatient | 88 | 95.7 |
Outpatient | 4 | 4.3 |
Type of hospital ward |
|
|
High class | 16 | 18.8 |
Classic | 69 | 81.2 |
Type of anticoagulant prescribed at discharge |
|
|
vitamin K antagonists | 16 | 17.4 |
Direct oral anticoagulants | 72 | 78.3 |
Direct oral anticoagulants then vitamin K antagonists | 4 | 4.3 |
Duration of treatment |
|
|
3 months | 32 | 34.8 |
6 months | 43 | 46.7 |
More than 6 months | 17 | 18.5 |
Type of pulmonary embolism | Frequency (N = 65) | Percentage (%) |
Massive | 26 | 40.0 |
Sub-massive | 21 | 32.3 |
Low risk | 18 | 27.7 |