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Table 2 Baseline treatment, outcomes

From: Clinical characteristics and mortality predictors among very old patients with pulmonary thromboembolism: a multicenter study report

Items

 ≥ 80 years (n = 609)

65-79 years (n = 2734)

 < 65 years (n = 4095)

P values

High risk n (%)

15 ( 2.5%)

110 (4.0%)

185 (4.5%)

0.155

Thrombolytic therapy as initial treatment n (%)

13 (2.2%)

286 (10.7%)

607 (15.1%)

< 0.001

Anticoagulation as initial treatment n (%)

524 (86%)

2304 (84.3%)

3395 (82.9%)

0.083

Surgery thrombectomy n (%)

1 (0.2%)

19 (0.7%)

31 (0.8%)

0.258

Interventional thrombectomy n (%)

0 (0.0%)

13 (0.5%)

13 (0.3%)

0.153

IVC filter n (%)

26 (4.4%)

112 (4.2%)

248% (6.2)

0.001

INR up to the standard when discharge n (%)

276 (73.2%)

1470 (75%)

2282 (76.9%)

0.233

All cause death n (%)

45 (7.4%)

115 (4.2%)

93 (2.3%)

< 0.001

Bleeding n (%)

32 (7.1%)

127 (6.4%)

176 (6.2%)

0.723

Major bleeding n (%)

10 (2.2%)

40 (2.0%)

63 (2.2%)

0.901

Days of stay (day)

15 (11, 21)

14 (10, 20)

15 (10, 20)

0.072

Treatment interval (day)

8 (4,14)

8 (4,14)

7 (3,13)

0.107

  1. IVC Inferior vena cava, INR International normalized ratio