To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect. Fig. 1 Kaplan-Meier curve for cumulative survival in different groups of patients 30 days after hospital admission. Highlights •Glomerular filtration rate has a predictive role in pulmonary embolism. •Patients with pulmonary embolism and renal dysfunction have poor prognosis. •Renal dysfunction is associated with higher bleeding rates in pulmonary embolism.
