In selected lower risk patients with acute pulmonary embolism, outpatient treatment is not associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes compared with standard inpatient care

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Philip Stephen Wells. Evid Based Med. 2012 Apr.

. 2012 Apr;17(2):54-5.

doi: 10.1136/ebm.2011.100191. Epub 2011 Oct 11.

¹ Department of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. pwells@toh.on.ca

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Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for patients with acute pulmonary embolism: an international, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial.
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