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. 2024 Nov 28;16(11):e74673. doi: 10.7759/cureus.74673

Table 3. Treatment received and outcome.

CTPA: computed tomography pulmonary angiography

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%)