Outpatient PE Management — RACP Adult Medicine MCQ

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ModerateRespiratoryOutpatient PE ManagementRACP Adult Medicine

A 60-year-old man with low-risk outpatient PE (sPESI 0) on OCP. Management setting and anticoagulant?

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Correct answer: B — Outpatient DOAC (apixaban or rivaroxaban)

Low-risk PE (sPESI 0, Hestia criteria met): outpatient DOAC management. Cease OCP permanently. Alternative non-oestrogen contraception.

Reference: eTG – 2025; ESC – 2019