PubMed Central, : RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2014 October; 5(4): e0040. ISSN: 2076-9172Published online 2014 October 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10174.

Table 1.

Original and Simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index.

Parameter	Original Version⁵²	Simplified Version⁵³
Age	Age in years	1 point (if age >80 years)
Male sex	+10 points	–
Cancer	+30 points	1 point
Chronic heart failure	+10 points	1 point
Chronic pulmonary disease	+10 points
Pulse rate ≥110 bpm	+20 points	1 point
Systolic BP <100 mmHg	+30 points	1 point
Respiratory rate >30 breaths per minute	+20 points	–
Temperature <36°C	+20 points	–
Altered mental status	+60 points	–
Arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation <90%	+20 points	1 point
Risk strata^a
	Class I: ≤65 points—very low 30-day mortality risk (0% to 1.6%)	0 points—30-day mortality risk 1.0% (95% CI 0.0%–2.1%)
	Class II: 66–85 points—low mortality risk (1.7%–3.5%)
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	Class III: 86–105 points—moderate mortality risk (3.2%–7.1%)
	Class IV: 106–125 points—high mortality risk (4.0%–11.4%)	≥1 point(s)—30-day mortality risk 10.9% (95% CI 8.5%–13.2%)
	Class V: >125 points—very high mortality risk (10.0%–24.5%)

^aBased on the sum of points.

bpm, beats per minute; PESI, pulmonary embolism severity index.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2014 October; 5(4): e0040. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2014 October 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10174