Our multispecialty team will utilize the Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) Perinatal Obstetrics Database to identify approximately 1,500 gravid patients undergoing pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnostics in the COVID-19 era. We will describe the patients undergoing diagnostic testing for PE, what clinical settings and specialists are involved, and the diagnostic strategies undertaken and their outcomes. Results of this large, contemporary community-based study will fill gaps in the literature and inform next steps within KPNC to improve our antenatal PE diagnostic guidelines and direct physician education efforts.
Antenatal pulmonary embolism diagnostics (APED) in the COVID-19 era
Investigator: Vinson, David
Funder: KP National Office of Community Health
