Table 3. Treatment received and outcome.
Author | Diagnostic criteria | Treatment received | Discharged home | Deceased |
Ogunkoya et al. [10] | CTPA | Anticoagulant, thrombolytic, vena cava filter | 28 (90%) | 3 (10%) |
Pessinaba et al. [11] | CTPA | Anticoagulant, fibrinolytic | 44 (86%) | 7 (14%) |
Manuel et al. [12] | CTPA | Anticoagulant, thrombolytic, elastic compression bandage | 22 (59%) | 15 (41%) |
Ogeng'o et al. [13] | CTPA | Anticoagulant, thrombolytic | 92 (72%) | 36 (28%) |
Tambe et al. [14] | CTPA | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Bulajic et al. [15] | CTPA | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Meel et al. [16] | CTPA | Thrombolytic, inferior vena cava filter | 119 (81%) | 28 (19%) |
Russell et al. [17] | CTPA | Anticoagulant | 65 (82%) | 14 (18%) |
Hussein et al. [18] | CTPA | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Bakebe et al. [19] | CTPA | Anticoagulant | 54 (93%) | 4 (7%) |
Raghubeer et al. [20] | CTPA | Thrombolytic, embolectomy, mechanical ventilation | 71 (88%) | 10 (12%) |
Marc et al. [21] | CTPA | Anticoagulant, thrombolytic | 60 (67%) | 29 (33%) |
Belayneh et al. [22] | CTPA | N/A | 39 (98%) | 1 (2%) |