Normalization of Vital Signs Does Not Reduce Risk for Acute Pulmonary Embolism Key point: Up to one-third of patients whose abnormal triage vital signs reverted to normal values had PE. Citation: Kline JA, Corredor DM, Hogg MM, et al. Normalization of vital signs does not reduce the probability of acute pulmonary embolism in symptomatic emergency department patients. Acad Emerg Med. 2010; 19(1): 11-17. In a prospective single-center study, researchers evaluated whether normalization of vital signs …
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