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The study cohort consisted of 217 patients that initiated standard PE treatment in the hospital. The criteria classified 197 (90��8%) patients as ineligible and 20 (9��2%) patients as eligible for outpatient initial PE therapy. During 1-week follow-up after PE diagnosis, 16 (8��1%; 95% CI, 4��7�C12��8) of the 197 ineligible patients (0 VTE, seven bleeds and nine http://www.selleckchem.com/products/LY294002.html deaths) and none (0%; 95% CI, 0�C16��8) of the 20 eligible patients had complications (Fischer exact P?=?0��373). The HOME criteria had a sensitivity of 100% (95% CI, 79��4�C100) and a NPV of 100% (95% CI, 83��1�C100). The HOME criteria correctly (sensitivity 100%; NPV 100%) identified 9��2% of patients with an acute PE who had a low risk for complications and could theoretically have undergone safe treatment at home. Scherz et?al (2010) demonstrated the prognostic significance of hyponatraemia in patients with acute symptomatic PE. In a retrospective cohort study, they studied 13?728 patients diagnosed with acute PE, http://www.selleckchem.com/products/CHIR-99021.html of whom 9% died within 30?d. Hyponatraemia, defined as a baseline serum sodium level ��135?mmol/l, had a prevalence of 21%. The presence and the severity of the hyponatraemia predicted adverse outcome. Compared to patients without hyponatraemia, those with hyponatraemia had a significantly greater risk of death in the 30?d following diagnosis of PE (adjusted OR 1��53, 95% CI: 1��33�C1��76, for those with sodium 130�C135?mmol/l; adjusted OR 3��26, 95% CI: 2��48�C4��29, for those with sodium http://www.selleck.cn/products/wortmannin.html accurately identify low-risk patients with PE than each test individually in most studies (Kucher et?al, 2003; Binder et?al, 2005; Kostrubiec et?al, 2005; Pieralli et?al, 2006). One study (Moores et?al, 2010) compared the usefulness of the PESI and troponin testing for the identification of low-risk patients with acute symptomatic PE. Compared with cTnl testing, PESI classification more accurately identified patients with PE who had a low risk of all-cause death within 30?d of presentation.