Rate and duration of hospitalisation for acute pulmonary embolism in the real-world clinical practice of different countries: analysis from the RIETE registry

Latest guidelines suggest considering home treatment or early hospital discharge in low-risk mortality pulmonary embolism (PE) patients, identified through widely validated clinical prediction rules [1, 2]. Nevertheless, it is still not clear if these patients are really treated on an outpatient basis in clinical practice.Footnotes This manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the European Respiratory Journal . It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJ online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article.Conflict of interest: Dr. MASTROIACOVO has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. DENTALI has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. DI MICCO has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. MAESTRE has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. JIMENEZ has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. SOLER has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Sahuquillo has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Verhamme has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Fidalgo has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Skride has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. MONREAL has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Lopez Saez has nothing to disclose.