- The inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
---|---|
Age 18 years or older | Sepsis (based on the results of the blood cultures) |
Diagnosis by CTPA | Chronic inflammatory diseases |
Availability of all required data | Malignancy |
Active use of immunosuppressive | |
Previous PE history | |
End-stage renal disease | |
Pregnancy | |
COVID-19 | |
History of hematological diseases |
CTPA: computed tomography pulmonary angiogram,
PE: pulmonary embolism, COVID-19: coronavirus disease-19