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Diagnosis concept

Acute pulmonary embolism

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Code
706870000
  • 52 patients
  • 0.46% of all patients
  • top 31% across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 52 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What treats it

medication concept 1 ML Enoxaparin sodium 150 MG/ML Prefilled Syringe
287 prescriptions

Counted over the prescriptions and procedures that recorded this diagnosis as their reason.

What else these patients have

diagnosis concept Bacterial infectious disease
10% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Sepsis caused by virus
29% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Hypoxemia
100% of these patients· 1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Respiratory distress
100% of these patients· 1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Acute respiratory failure
48% of these patients· 1% of all patients

Of the 52 patients with this diagnosis, the share who also carry each one, against how common it is across all patients.

Age at first diagnosis

Acute pulmonary embolism: median 52 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 52 patients in all; the largest group is 60 to 69 with 12; Acute pulmonary embolism: median 52 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 5 10 0 to 9: 4 patients 10 to 19: 1 patient 20 to 29: 7 patients 30 to 39: 5 patients 40 to 49: 6 patients 50 to 59: 11 patients 60 to 69: 12 patients 70 to 79: 4 patients 80 to 89: 1 patient 90 and over: 1 patient 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 52 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 60 to 69 hold the most, 12 patients. A few first diagnoses are back-dated into infancy, and some conditions are handed an age by the decade, which draws a spike rather than a spread.

How long it stays on the record

How long it stays on the record Bar chart. How long it stays on the record. 7 categories; the largest is a week or less with 41 episodes. no end recorded: 10 episodes no end recorded 10 a week or less: 41 episodes a week or less 41 up to a month: 1 episode up to a month 1 up to three months: 0 episodes up to three months 0 up to a year: 0 episodes up to a year 0 one to five years: 0 episodes one to five years 0 over five years: 0 episodes over five years 0
a week or less, more than any other. 52 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.