Table 3. Risk stratification models for patients with pulmonary embolism by the risk of 30-day mortality81,174.
| PESI | Simplified PESI | ||||
| Variable | Point | Variable | Point | ||
| Patient characteristics | Patient characteristics | ||||
| Age | Age in years | Age | 1 if age > 80 years | ||
| Male sex | 10 | ||||
| Comorbidity | Comorbidity | ||||
| Cancer | 30 | Cancer | 1 | ||
| Heart failure | 10 | ||||
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 10 | ||||
| Chronic cardiopulmonary disease | 1 | ||||
| Clinical finding | Clinical finding | ||||
| SBP < 100 mmHg | 30 | SBP < 100 mmHg | 1 | ||
| Heart rate ≥ 110 beats per minute | 20 | Heart rate ≥ 110 beats per minute | 1 | ||
| Respiratory rate ≥ 30 breaths per minute | 20 | ||||
| Arterial oxygen saturation < 90%* | 20 | Arterial oxygen saturation < 90%* | 1 | ||
| Temperature < 36 °C | 20 | ||||
| Altered mental status# | 60 | ||||
| Risk category | Point | Mortality† | Risk category | Point | Mortality† |
| Class I, very low | ≤ 65 | 1.1% | Low | 0 | 1.0% |
| Class II, low | 66-85 | 3.1% | High | ≥ 1 | 10.9% |
| Class III, intermediate | 86-105 | 6.5% | |||
| Class IV, high | 106-125 | 10.4% | |||
| Class V, very high | > 125 | 24.5% |
* With and without the supplemental oxygen. # Defined as disorientation, lethargy, stupor, or coma. † Estimates in the derivation cohorts.
PESI, pulmonary embolism severity index; SBP, systolic blood pressure.