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Table 4 Lines of management and duration of hospital stay in studied patients

From: Prognostic value of echocardiographic indices in risk stratification of intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism

 

Group I (n = 32)

Group II (n = 28)

P value

Anticoagulants

  

0.23

 UFH then warfarin

10 (31.3%)

14 (50%)

 

 UFH then NOAC

0

1 (3.6%)

 LMWH and Warfarin

19 (59.4%)

10 (35.7%)

 NOAC

3 (9.4%)

3 (10.7%)

Thrombolytic therapy

0

10 (35.7%)

< 0.001

Embolectomy

0

1 (3.6%)

0.46

Hospital stay ( in days)

6.41 ± 1.84

13.96 ± 1.55

0.001

  1. Data expressed as frequency (percentage), mean (SD). P value was significant if < 0.05. UFH Unfractionated heparin, NOAC New oral anticoagulant, LMWH Low molecular weight heparin