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Table 2.

Clinical models for stratification of patients with acute pulmonary embolism according to the risk for short-term death

	PESI¹⁷	sPESI 2010¹⁸	Hestia¹⁹
Age	Age in y	1	—
Male sex	+10 points	—	—
Blood pressure	+30 points	1	Yes/No*
Heart rate	+20 points	1	—
Respiratory rate	+20 points	—	—
Oxygen saturation	+20 points	1	Yes/No
Temperature <36°C	+20 points	—	—
Altered mental status	+60 points	—	—
Need for thrombolysis/embolectomy	—	—	Yes/No
Severe pain	—	—	Yes/No
Cancer	+30 points	1	—
Heart failure	+10 points	1	—
COPD	+10 points	1	—
Renal failure	—	—	Yes/No
Liver impairment	—	—	Yes/No
Pregnancy	—	—	Yes/No
Medical or social issues	—	—	Yes/No
Active bleeding/high risk	—	—	Yes/No
PE during anticoagulation	—	—	Yes/No
History of HIT	—	—	Yes/No

	PESI¹⁷	sPESI 2010¹⁸	Hestia¹⁹
Age	Age in y	1	—
Male sex	+10 points	—	—
Blood pressure	+30 points	1	Yes/No*
Heart rate	+20 points	1	—
Respiratory rate	+20 points	—	—
Oxygen saturation	+20 points	1	Yes/No
Temperature <36°C	+20 points	—	—
Altered mental status	+60 points	—	—
Need for thrombolysis/embolectomy	—	—	Yes/No
Severe pain	—	—	Yes/No
Cancer	+30 points	1	—
Heart failure	+10 points	1	—
COPD	+10 points	1	—
Renal failure	—	—	Yes/No
Liver impairment	—	—	Yes/No
Pregnancy	—	—	Yes/No
Medical or social issues	—	—	Yes/No
Active bleeding/high risk	—	—	Yes/No
PE during anticoagulation	—	—	Yes/No
History of HIT	—	—	Yes/No

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HIT, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia; PE, pulmonary embolism.

— indicates item not included in the score/model.

No absolute cut-off value for blood pressure, but presence/absence of hemodynamic instability.