Factors Associated with Pulmonary Embolism Within 72 Hours of Admission after Trauma: A Multicenter Study

Abstract

Early PE is a significant clinical entity occurring in nearly half the patients who suffered a PE. Early PE is associated with long bone fractures and severe extremity trauma, but not severe thoracic injury. Timing of prophylactic anticoagulation had no impact on early PE. If further studies confirm this incidence of unsuspected early PE, all admitted trauma patients should be assessed for a hypercoagulable state after injury.