Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of patients with suspected PE

Characteristics of patients	n, %
Male	245 (56%)
Age mean	72 years
Age > 65 years	316 (72.31%)
Clinical onset
Dyspnea	176 (40.27%)
Syncope	51 (11.67%)
Thoracalgia	48 (10.98%)
Fever	38 (8.7%)
Cough	10 (2.29%)
Hemoptysis/hemoptoe	16 (3.66%)
Suggestive signs of DVT	17 (3.89%)
Other clinical onset	81 (18.54%)
Risk factors
Previous PE or DVT	25 (5.72%)
Immobilization within the past month	120 (27.46%)
Surgery or fracture within the past month	14 (3.2%)
Heart rate ≥ 95 beats/min	129 (29.52%)
Active cancer	65 (14.87%)