Postoperative Pulmonary Embolism After Hospital Discharge

摘要: • During a 10-year period (1980 through 1989), 28 953 patients were admitted to our Clinic of Digestive Surgery, Geneva, Switzerland. Two thirds them operated on, and one third treated conservatively. Symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) was recorded in 90 (0.31%; 95% confidence interval, 0.25% 0.38%) during their hospital stay. Within 30 days discharge, 29 readmitted because PE (incidence delayed PE, 0.10%; 0.07% 0.14%; total incidence 0.41%; 0.34% 0.49%). In the operated-on group, embolic events occurred median 6 (range, 2 25 days) after discharge 18 35 surgery. Delayed PEs more frequent so-called low-risk Thus, rate postoperative increased by 30% when occurring within considered, this provides useful basis for prolonged prophylactic measures (Arch Surg. 1992;127:310-313)