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Contemporary Treatment Options For Pulmonary Embolism, Tanya Glenz, Teresa Jahn

Nursing Posters

Purpose:

Provide RNs education on the classifications of PEs and new catheter directed treatment options.

Significance:

• PE remains a common and lethal entity
• PE is the 3rd leading cause of cardiovascular death in hospitalized patients (60,000-1000,000 per year)
• 150,000-250,000 PE related hospitalizations per year
• RNs must be knowledgeable of the classifications of PEs and catheter directed therapies to promote positive patient outcomes
• Prior to catheter directed therapies, submassive PEs had a mortality rate up to 20% at 3 months and were traditionally treated with IV heparin, or oral anticoagulant therapy