Diabetes mellitus and its impact on mortality rate and outcome in pulmonary embolism

Abstract Aims/Introduction In patients with pulmonary embolism (PE), the impact of diabetes mellitus on patient profile and outcome is not well investigated. Material and Methods The German nationwide inpatient sample of the years 2005–2018 was analyzed. Hospitalized PE patients were stratified for diabetes, and the impact of diabetes on in‐hospital events was investigated. Results Overall, 1,174,196 PE patients (53.8% aged ≥70 years, 53.5% women) and, among these, 219,550 (18.7%) diabetes patients were included. In‐hospital mortality rate amounted to 15.8%, and was higher in diabetes patients than in non‐diabetes patients (19.8% vs 14.8%, P