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Annals of Intensive Care

Table 1 Simplified pulmonary embolism severity index, according to [9]

From: Recent advances in the management of pulmonary embolism: focus on the critically ill patients

Variable

Points

Age >80 years

1

History of cancer

1

History of heart failure or chronic lung disease

1

Pulse rate ≥110 bpm

1

Systolic blood pressure <100 mmHg

1

Oxygen saturation <90 % on room air

1

  1. Patients with none of the clinical variable (i.e., total score of 0) are considered as low risk and have mortality and pulmonary embolism-related complication rates significantly lower as those with a score of ≥1
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