title: Response.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. Electronic address: rnanchal@mcw.edu.
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nanchal
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; Primary Care Division, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whittle
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: Gagan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D061665:Time-to-Treatment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*