The perils of D-dimer in the medical intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 583-584

  Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

D dimer; Enzyme immunoassay; Intensive care unit; Laboratory test; Mortality; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; TROPONIN;

BLOOD EXAMINATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0034049487     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200002000-00056     Document Type: Editorial

References (12)

1. 1. Goldhaber SZ: Venous thromboembolism in the Intensive Care Unit: The last frontier for prophylaxis. Chest 1998; 113:5-7
2. 2. Stein PD, Goldhaber SZ, Henry JW: Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient in the assessment of acute pulmonary embolism. Chest 1995; 107: 139-143
3. 3. de Moerloose P, Minazio PH, Reber G, et al: D-dimer determination to exclude pulmonary embolism: a two-step approach using latex assay as a screening tool. Thromb Haemost 1994; 72:89-91
4. 4. Becker DM, Philbrick JT, Bachhuber TL, et al: D-dimer testing and acute venous thromboembolism: A shortcut to accurate diagnosis? Arch Intern Med 1996; 156:939-946
5. 5. Ferner A, Desmarais S, Miron M-J, et al: Noninvasive diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in outpatients. Lancet 1999; 353:190-195
6. 6. de Moerloose P, Desmarais S, Bonnaneaux H, et al: Contribution of a new, rapid, individual, and quantitative automated D-dimer ELISA to exclude pulmonary embolism. Thromb Haemost 1996; 75:11-13
7. 7. Wells PS, Brill-Edwards P, Stevens P, et al: A novel and rapid whole-blood assay for D-dimer in patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis. Circulation 1995; 91:2184-2187
8. 8. Ginsberg JS, Wells PS, Brill-Edwards P, et al: Application of a novel and rapid whole blood assay for D-dimer in patients with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism. Thromb Haemost 1995; 73:35-38
9. 9. Turkstra F, van Beek EJR, ten Cate JW, et al: Reliable rapid blood for the exclusion of venous thromboembolism in symptomatic outpatients. Thromb Haemost 1996; 76:9-11
10. 10. Bounameaux H, de Moerloose P, Perrier A, et al: D-dimer testing in suspected venous thromboembolism: an update. QJM 1997; 90:437-442
11. 11. Ginsberg JS, Wells PS, Kearon C, et al: Sensitivity and specificity of a rapid whole-blood assay for D-dimer in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Ann Intern Med 1998; 129: 1006-1011
12. 12. Kollef MH, Zahid M, Eisenberg PR: Predictive value of a rapid semiquantitative D-dimer assay in critically ill patients with suspected venous thromboembolic disease. Crit Care Med 2000; 28:414-420