Table 4.

Outcomes of patients

Variables	All patients N = 438	Peripheral PE N = 305	Central PE N = 133	P value
All-cause hospital mortality, N (%)	27 (6.2)	20 (6.6)	7 (5.3)	0.61
Pulmonary embolism-related hospital mortality, N (%)	16 (3.7)	10 (3.3)	6 (4.5)	0.58
Six-moth mortality, N (%)	69/379 (18.2)	51/269 (19.0)	18/110 (16.4)	0.55
Unable to assess six-month mortality due to follow-up loss (% of study patients)	59/438 (13.5)	36/305 (11.8)	23/133 (17.3)	0.13
Bleeding in a critical area or organ, N (%)	27 (6.2)	19 (6.2)	8 (6.0)	0.93
Intracranial bleeding, N (%)	7 (1.6)	5 (1.6)	2 (1.5)	0.92
Bleeding leading to blood transfusion, N (%)	19 (4.3)	13 (4.3)	6 (4.5)	0.91
Fatal bleeding, N (%)	8 (1.8)	5 (1.6)	3 (2.3)	0.66
ICU LOS (days) for patients who needed ICU admission, median (Q1, Q3)	4.0 (2.0, 10.5)	3.0 (7.0, 12.0)	3.0 (2.0, 6.5)	0.01**
Hospital LOS (days), median (Q1, Q3)	6.0 (3.0, 11.0)	5.0 (3.0, 11.0)	7.0 (4.0, 11.0)	0.03**

ICU Intensive care unit, LOS Length of stay, MV Mechanical ventilation, Q1 First quartile, Q3 Third quartile, RRT Renal replacement therapy, VTE Venous thromboembolism

^*Student t test

^** Mann–Whitney U test