title: [Results of pulmonary embolism treatment in a tertiary hospital short stay unit. Is this the right place?].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the mean stay (MS) of patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) in a thrombosis unit (TU) with a short stay unit (SSU) in a tertiary hospital. To compare the data collected with those of other hospitals in the same region, of other regions (Autonomous Communities [AACC]), and within the same hospital in the year before the SSU opened.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive retrospective observational study that included patients with a diagnosis of PE in the University Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca (HCUVA) in 2012. These data were classified by hospital department, and used for calculating the mean stay. This was then compared with that of other hospitals in our region, with the rest of the regions, and with the data in 2007 (the last year without a TU).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 113patients with PE were included, 60 (53%) in the TU with an MS of 4.39, in Oncology, 7.45, and Internal Medicine (IM), 15.38days. There were no deaths in the TU and only 3 (5%) readmissions. Published data showed that the MS in all hospitals in our region was 8.25, 5.18 in our hospital, and higher in the rest of hospitals. The best AACC was the Basque Country with an MS of 6.85days. In 2007, there were 70patients with PE in the HCUVA, 34 (49%) in IM, with an MS of 8.50, Oncology 11 (31%) with an MS 9.64, and Chest Diseases 3 (4.3%) with an MS 19days, and with an overall mortality of 11% and a rate of readmissions in IM of 6%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The mean stay for a PE in the SSU of a TU was lower than in the rest of the hospital departments, lower than the rest hospitals of our region, lower than the rest of the regions, and lower than any department of our hospital before the SSU existed, without increasing the readmission or mortality rate.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Corta Estancia, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, España. Electronic address: vladi_medico@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rosa Salazar
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bernal Martínez
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: García Pino
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Corta Estancia, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hernández Contreras
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Corta Estancia, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: García Méndez
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Corta Estancia, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: García Pérez
authors.affiliation: Subdirección Médica, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marras Fernández-Cid
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers
keywords: Embolia de pulmón; Estancia media; Length of stay; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombosis; Trombosis