Older patients with pulmonary embolism: a state-of-the-art review
Pulmonary embolism (PE) represents one of the main causes of acute respiratory failure in geriatric patients. In the older population, critical issues in PE management are multiple: reduced specificity of clinical signs and symptoms (with symptoms common to other pathologies, such as chest pain, dy...
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Pulmonary embolism (PE) represents one of the main causes of acute respiratory failure in geriatric patients. In the older population, critical issues in PE management are multiple: reduced specificity of clinical signs and symptoms (with symptoms common to other pathologies, such as chest pain, dyspnea, and tachypnea), frequent late diagnosis (delay in diagnosis or misdiagnosis), the difficulty in the diagnostic algorithm, the need for a rapid prognostic assessment, and consequent timely treatment. Optimal PE management is patient-centered, includes all treatment options available, and aims at optimizing clinical outcomes in the short, medium, and long term with a multidisciplinary approach.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c23e76eab7464ca5b7077f3b2fce9ce02025-08-20T02:27:42ZengPAGEPress PublicationsGeriatric Care2465-11092465-13972025-04-011110.4081/gc.2025.13427Older patients with pulmonary embolism: a state-of-the-art reviewLiliana Mazza0Mariagiovanna Cozza1Francesca Flavia Rossi2Roberto Caragnulo3Giulia Mussatti4Annalisa Paglia5Mattia Brunori6Vincenzo Gianturco7Andrea Rossi8Simone Dini9Unit of Geriatrics, Department of Integration, Maggiore Hospital, Local Health Unit of BolognaUnit of Intermediate Care/Budrio Long-Term Care, Department of Integration, Local Health Unit of BolognaUnit of Geriatrics, Israelitic Hospital, RomeUnit of Geriatrics, Neuromotor and Rehabilitation Department, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Reggio EmiliaUnit of Geriatrics, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neuroscience Sciences, University Hospital of Modena, Baggiovara Civil HospitalGeriatrics Outpatient Specialty, Local Health Authority of LecceUnit of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of FerraraTor Vergata University, Coniugi Bernardini’s Hospital, PalestrinaUnit of Geriatrics, Bolzano HospitalGeriatrics Unit, Department of Geriatric Care, Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation, Galliera Hospitals, Genoa Pulmonary embolism (PE) represents one of the main causes of acute respiratory failure in geriatric patients. In the older population, critical issues in PE management are multiple: reduced specificity of clinical signs and symptoms (with symptoms common to other pathologies, such as chest pain, dyspnea, and tachypnea), frequent late diagnosis (delay in diagnosis or misdiagnosis), the difficulty in the diagnostic algorithm, the need for a rapid prognostic assessment, and consequent timely treatment. Optimal PE management is patient-centered, includes all treatment options available, and aims at optimizing clinical outcomes in the short, medium, and long term with a multidisciplinary approach. https://www.pagepressjournals.org/gc/article/view/13427Pulmonary embolismgeriatricsolder patientsanticoagulantsaging |
| spellingShingle | Liliana Mazza Mariagiovanna Cozza Francesca Flavia Rossi Roberto Caragnulo Giulia Mussatti Annalisa Paglia Mattia Brunori Vincenzo Gianturco Andrea Rossi Simone Dini Older patients with pulmonary embolism: a state-of-the-art review Geriatric Care Pulmonary embolism geriatrics older patients anticoagulants aging |
| title | Older patients with pulmonary embolism: a state-of-the-art review |
| title_full | Older patients with pulmonary embolism: a state-of-the-art review |
| title_fullStr | Older patients with pulmonary embolism: a state-of-the-art review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Older patients with pulmonary embolism: a state-of-the-art review |
| title_short | Older patients with pulmonary embolism: a state-of-the-art review |
| title_sort | older patients with pulmonary embolism a state of the art review |
| topic | Pulmonary embolism geriatrics older patients anticoagulants aging |
| url | https://www.pagepressjournals.org/gc/article/view/13427 |
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