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Outpatient management of pulmonary embolism
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  1. Sheena Barnett
  1. Correspondence to Sheena Barnett, ST6 Respiratory Medicine, Royal London Hospital, Barts and the London NHS Trust, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB, UK; snovelend{at}hotmail.com

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This multi-national, randomised trial compared outpatient versus inpatient care in patients with acute pulmonary embolism with a low risk of death (severity index category of I or II). Both groups were treated with enoxaparin (≥5 days) and oral anticoagulation (≥90 days).

One of the 171 outpatients and none of the 168 inpatients had recurrence of venous …

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