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Home/Studies/Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Embolism
This study has been commissioned by Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership HQIP
as part of the Clinical Outcome Review Programme into Medical & Surgical care, as part of the current contract awarded in 2015
For information on how we use data click here

Data collection for study: February 2018
Publication date: tbc.

Aim:
To identify and explore avoidable and remediable factors in the process of care for patients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism.

Objectives:
  1. To examine organisational structures, processes, protocols and care pathways in hospitals from pre-admission through to discharge or death
  2. To identify avoidable and remediable factors in the management of patients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism focusing on the following areas of care:
    • risk assessment and prevention of venous thrombo-embolism
    • gap between those risk assessed to need anticoagulation, and those who actually receive it
    • availability and quality of diagnostic assessment, particularly CT scan of lungs (CTPA) 24/7
    • risk stratification and treatment of PE with the appropriate selection for, and application of, ambulatory and in hospital care
    • management, follow up and care, including information sharing on future complications
    • identification and management of patients at high risk of death, complications and late morbidity (eg. secondary pulmonary hypertension) and recurrence.
    • assessment of possible unnecessary interventions, including temporary IVC filters


Study population:
All adult patients (aged 16 and older) that were diagnosed with pulmonary embolism (ICD10 codes I26.0 and I26.9) between 1st July 2017 and 31st August 2017 inclusive.

Data collection:
Patient identifier spreadsheets will be disseminated in March 2017. The spreadsheet can be downloaded from the Download Links section on the left.
Download links
  • For the data collection spreadsheet please click here
  • For the pulmonary embolism clinical questionnaire please click here

(Adobe Acrobat is required to view any pdfs above. The Adobe Acrobat reader is available for free to download from here.)


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