Treatment of patients with intermediate and high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) is a controversial area. Many therapeutic options exist, and deciding on appropriate treatment can be difficult. In addition, multiple specialties are often involved in the care of PE patients. To better organize the response to serious PE patients, several hospitals and academic centers throughout the world have created pulmonary embolism response teams (PERTs). The goal of a PERT is to have a single multidisciplinary team of experts in thromboembolic disease, who can respond rapidly to patients with acute PE, and offer consultation and implementation of the full spectrum of therapeutic options. PERT teams were modeled after rapid response teams and are meant to generate a prompt, patient-specific plan for patients with PE without having to consult multiple individual specialists. Data are emerging demonstrating the value of PERTs in reducing hospital length of stay and, possibly, patient outcomes.

中高危肺栓塞 (PE) 患者的治疗是一个有争议的领域。存在许多治疗选择，决定适当的治疗可能很困难。此外，PE患者的护理通常涉及多个专业。为了更好地组织对严重 PE 患者的反应，世界各地的几家医院和学术中心成立了肺栓塞反应小组 (PERT)。PERT 的目标是拥有一个单一的多学科血栓栓塞疾病专家团队，他们可以对急性 PE 患者做出快速反应，并提供咨询和实施全方位的治疗选择。PERT 团队以快速响应团队为蓝本，旨在生成提示，为 PE 患者制定的患者特定计划，无需咨询多位专家。正在出现的数据表明，PERT 在减少住院时间和可能的患者预后方面的价值。