Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (APE) suffer long-term consequences like fatigue, anxiety, and decreased physical capacity.

Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (APE) suffer long-term consequences like fatigue, anxiety, and decreased physical capacity. Despite this, we have little knowledge about how patients manage their everyday lives after an APE and how they engage in physical activity. An assessment of how patients coped with physical activity and everyday life in the first year following APE was the aim of the study.

In addition to being one of the most serious clinical manifestations of venous thromboembolism (VTE), acute pulmonary embolism (APE) also causes significant morbidity and mortality. According to studies, persistent dyspnea, impaired physical capacity, and decreased health-related quality of life are common long-term effects of APE events. Symptoms and deficits persist in up to 50% of patients after an adequately treated APE and are currently referred to as post-APE syndrome.

Despite extensive research on the physiological treatment of PE, there is still much to learn about patients’ psychological and emotional well-being following PE diagnosis. Studies have shown that PE patients have higher depression and anxiety scores than controls. In addition to poor physical health, some PE patients suffer from poor mental health.

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References

Klok, F. A., van der Hulle, T., den Exter, P. L., Lankeit, M., Huisman, M. V., & Konstantinides, S. (2019). The post-PE Syndrome: A new concept for chronic complications of pulmonary embolism. Blood Reviews, 28(6), 221-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.blre.2014.07.003