Pulmonary Embolism Incidence and Fatality Trends in Chinese Hospitals from 1997 to 2008 A Multicenter Registration Study 英文参考文献.docVIP

PulmonaryEmbolismIncidenceandFatalityTrendsin ChineseHospitalsfrom1997to2008:AMulticenter RegistrationStudy YuanhuaYang1,2.,LirongLiang1,2.,ZhenguoZhai1,2,HangyongHe1,2,WanmuXie1,2,XiaoxiaPeng3,4,* ChenWang1,2,5*,onbehalfofinvestigatorsfortheNationalCooperativeProjectforthePreventionand TreatmentofPTE-DVT 1 Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,2 Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,3 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China,4 Beijing Municipal Key Lab of Clinical Epidemiology, Beijing, China,5 Beijing Hospital of the Ministry of Health, Beijing, China Abstract Background: There has not been sufficient evidence to support the Asians being less susceptible to pulmonary embolism (PE) than other ethnicities, because the prevalence of PE/deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in different racial and ethnic groups has not been carefully studied until recently except in Caucasians. To test the hypothesis that the Chinese population has a lower risk for PE, this study comprehensively assessed the hospital-based incidence and case fatality rates for PE during the 1997–2008 in China. Methods: A registration study of patients with suspected PE syndromes admitted to 60 level-3 hospitals involved in the National Cooperative Project for the Prevention and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism (NCPPT) was conducted from January 1997 to December 2008. The only exclusion criterion was an age of less than 18 years. Helical computed tomography scan, ventilation-perfusion lung scintigraphy or pulmonary angiography was carried out before or after hospitalization. All images were reviewed and evaluated independently