Publication date: Sep 16, 2025
There are limited epidemiological data on the incidence and prognosis of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in Poland. We assessed the incidence of PE, its therapies and all-cause mortality in Poland in years 2018-2023 using administrative national health care database. The number all PE hospitalizations ranged from 16 641 cases in 2020 up to 25 363 patients in 2021. Recurrent PE accounted for 5. 9% of all PE cases. The mean annual hospitalization rate for PE, used as an estimate of PE incidence, was 56 per 100 000 population, increasing 49/100 000 in 2018, to 62/100 000 in 2023 with trend to statistical significance (P = 0. 059). Average in-hospital mortality rate during 6-year period was 13% (SD 0. 97), and was the highest during COVID-19 pandemic years exceeding 14% (P
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Healthcare | adherence |
| Pandemic | epidemiology |
| Poland | incidence |
| Pulmonary | management |
| pulmonary embolism | |
| survival |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | pulmonary embolism |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |