sPESI (Simplified PESI)
Simplified PESI (Jimenez 2010): age > 80, cancer, chronic cardiopulmonary disease, HR >= 110, SBP < 100, SaO2 < 90% (1 each); 0 identifies the low 30-day-mortality group.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Age > 80
- Yes
- History of cancer
- No
- Chronic cardiopulmonary disease
- No
- Pulse >= 110
- Yes
- SBP < 100
- No
- SaO2 < 90%
- No
Result: sPESI >=1: not-low risk; 30-day all-cause mortality 10.9% per Jimenez 2010 Table 3.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- 0
- Low risk; 30-day all-cause mortality 1.0% per Jimenez 2010 Table 3.
- >=1
- Not-low risk; 30-day all-cause mortality 10.9% per Jimenez 2010 Table 3.
What you enter
- Age > 80
- History of cancer
- Chronic cardiopulmonary disease
- Pulse >= 110
- SBP < 100
- SaO2 < 90%
How this is calculated
Jimenez D, Aujesky D, Moores L, et al. Simplification of the pulmonary embolism severity index for prognostication in patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(15):1383-1389. Read the source ↗
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