Outpatient vs inpatient treatment: Short‐term all‐cause mortality
Outpatient showed no clear difference in short‐term all‐cause mortality compared with inpatient treatment (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Outpatient vs inpatient treatment Short‐term all‐cause mortality · people with low‐risk acute pulmonary embolism Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 453 participants | Low |
Outpatient vs inpatient treatment Short‐term all‐cause mortality · people with low‐risk acute pulmonary embolism Outpatient showed no clear difference in short‐term all‐cause mortality compared with inpatient treatment (low certainty). Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.33 [0.01, 7.98] | 2 studies · 453 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.