The incidence rate of pulmonary embolism-related hospitalizations in pediatric patients revealed that this outcome occurred infrequently; however, having acute PE raised the odds for in-hospital mortality, according to study findings.“Acute PE is rare but has a high risk of in-hospital death,” Simon Wolf, MMed, research assistant at University Hospital Zurich and PhD candidate at Leiden University Medical Center, told Healio.“Early recognition and adequate treatment are necessary to mitigate the impact of the disease, and if acute PE is severe, reperfusion treatments should
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