Objective:To explore the diagnostic value of Caprini score for acute pulmonary embolism(APE).Methods:Totally 2 764 patients with suspected APE admitted to Yuncheng Central Hospital were enrolled from January 2012 to January 2019, and 312 patients were diagnosed APE and assigned to APE group finally.Among the patients without APE, 312 patients(control group) were matched with the patients in APE group according to age, gender, weight, blood pressure, surgical history, etc.The general clinical data of the two groups were collected, and the Caprini score of each patient was recorded.The differences between the two groups in clinical data and Caprini score were compared.The area under curves(AUC) of receiver operating characteristic(ROC) was calculated to predict the diagnostic efficacy of Caprini scale for patients with APE.Results:The Caprini score of the APE group was significantly higher than that of the control group[(5.41±2.47)points vs.(2.16±1.28)points, t=1.180, P=0.004]. The Caprini score had a favorable diagnostic efficacy for patients with suspected APE(AUC=0.915, 95% CI: 0.878-0.995, P<0.001), and when the 3.5 cutoff value of Caprini score was determined, the specificity and sensitivity were 87.76% and 95.24%, respectively, with 7.778 of positive likelihood ratio, 0.054 of negative likelihood ratio, and 0.83 of Youden index. Conclusion:Caprini score has strong diagnostic efficacy in patients with APE.