Turbidimetric D-Dimer Test in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: A Metaanalysis

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1846-1853

  Brown, Michael D ^a,d   Lau, Joseph ^b   Nelson, R Darrell ^c   Kline, Jeffery A ^c  

^a Emergency Medicine Grand Rapids Medical Education And Research Center   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMBASE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; ROC CURVE; TURBIDIMETRIC D DIMER TEST; TURBIDIMETRY;

AMBULATORY CARE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0242331112     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2003.022277     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policies Committee; Clinical Policies Committee Subcommittee on Suspected Pulmonary Embolism. Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting with suspected pulmonary embolism. Ann Emerg Med 2003;41:257-70.
2. Guidelines on diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism. Task Force on Pulmonary Embolism, European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J 2000;21:1301-36.
3. Tapson VF, Carroll BA, Davidson BL, Elliott CG, Fedullo PF, Hales CA, et al. The diagnostic approach to acute venous thromboembolism. Clinical practice guideline. American Thoracic Society. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999;160:1043-66.
4. Brown MD, Rowe BH, Reeves MJ, Bermingham JM, Goldhaber SZ. The accuracy of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay D-dimer test in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis. Ann Emerg Med 2002;40:133-44.
5. Meade MO, Richardson WS. Selecting and appraising studies for a systematic review. Ann Intern Med 1997;127:531-7.
6. Bounameaux H, de Moerloose P, Perrier A, Reber G. Plasma measurement of D-dimer as diagnostic aid in suspected venous thromboembolism: an overview. Thromb Haemost 1994;71:1-6.
7. Becker DM, Philbrick JT, Bachhuber TL, Humphries JE. D-Dimer testing and acute venous thromboembolism. A shortcut to accurate diagnosis? Arch Intern Med 1996;156:939-46.
8. Kline JA, Johns KL, Colucciello SA, Israel EG. New diagnostic tests for pulmonary embolism. Ann Emerg Med 2000;35:168-80.
9. Wolfe TR, Hartsell SC. Pulmonary embolism: making sense of the diagnostic evaluation. Ann Emerg Med 2001;37:504-14.
10. Lijmer JG, Mol BW, Heisterkamp S, Bonsel GJ, Prins MH, van der Meulen JH, et al. Empirical evidence of design-related bias in studies of diagnostic tests. JAMA 1999;282:1061-6.
11. Mower WR. Evaluating bias and variability in diagnostic test reports. Ann Emerg Med 1999;33:85-91.
12. Irwig L, Macaskill P, Glasziou P, Fahey M. Meta-analytic methods for diagnostic test accuracy. J Clin Epidemiol 1995;48:119-30,discussion 131-2.
13. Moses LE, Shapiro D, Littenberg B. Combining independent studies of a diagnostic test into a summary ROC curve: data-analytic approaches and some additional considerations. Stat Med 1993;12:1293-316.
14. Lau J, Ioannidis JP, Balk EM, Milch C, Terrin N, Chew PW, et al. Diagnosing acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department: a systematic review of the accuracy and clinical effect of current technologies. Ann Emerg Med 2001;37:453-60.
15. DerSimonian R, Laird N. Meta-analysis in clinical trials. Control Clin Trials 1986;7:177-88.
16. Irwig L, Tosteson AN, Gatsonis C, Lau J, Colditz G, Chalmers TC, et al. Guidelines for meta-analyses evaluating diagnostic tests. Ann Intern Med 1994;120:667-76.
17. Vamvakas EC. Meta-analyses of studies of the diagnostic accuracy of laboratory tests: a review of the concepts and methods. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1998;122:675-86.
18. McAuley L, Pham B, Tugwell P, Moher D. Does the inclusion of grey literature influence estimates of intervention effectiveness reported in meta-analyses? Lancet 2000;356:1228-31.
19. Reber G, Bounameaux H, Perrier A, de Moerloose P. Evaluation of Advanced D-dimer assay for the exclusion of venous thromboembolism. Thromb Res 2002;107:197-200.
20. Bates SM, Grand'Maison A, Johnston M, Naguit I, Kovacs MJ, Ginsberg JS. A latex D-dimer reliably excludes venous thromboembolism. Arch Intern Med 2001;161:447-53.
21. Kovacs MJ, MacKinnon KM, Anderson D, O'Rourke K, Keeney M, Kearon C, et al. A comparison of three rapid D-dimer methods for the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism. Br J Haematol 2001;115:140-4.
22. Reber G, Bounameaux H, Perrier A, de Moerloose P. Performances of a new, automated latex assay for the exclusion of venous thromboembolism. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 2001;12:217-20.
23. Heit JA, Minor TA, Andrews JC, Larson DR, Li H, Nichols WL. Determinants of plasma fibrin D-dimer sensitivity for acute pulmonary embolism as defined by pulmonary angiography. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1999;123:235-40.
24. Meyer G, Fischer AM, Collignon MA, Benazzouz A, Monge F, Sors H, et al. Diagnostic value of two rapid and individual D-dimer assays in patients with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism: comparison with microplate enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 1998;9:603-8.
25. Reber G, Bounameaux H, Perrier A, de Moerloose P. Performances of a new, rapid and automated microlatex D-dimer assay for the exclusion of pulmonary embolism in symptomatic outpatients. Thromb Haemost 1998;80:719-20.
26. Knecht MF, Heinrich F. Clinical evaluation of an immunoturbidimetric D-dimer assay in the diagnostic procedure of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Thromb Res 1997;88:413-7.
27. Dunn KL, Wolf JP, Dorfman DM, Fitzpatrick P, Baker JL, Goldhaber SZ. Normal D-dimer levels in emergency department patients suspected of acute pulmonary embolism. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;40:1475.
28. Wells PS, Anderson DR, Rodger M, Stiell I, Dreyer JF, Barnes D, et al. Excluding pulmonary embolism at the bedside without diagnostic imaging: management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism presenting to the emergency department by using a simple clinical model and D-dimer. Ann Intern Med 2001;135:98-107.
29. Jones AE, Kline JA. Availability of technology to evaluate for pulmonary embolism in academic emergency departments in the United States [Letter]. J Thromb Haemost 2003;1:in press.
30. de Moerloose P, Desmarais S, Bounameaux H, Reber G, Perrier A, Dupuy G, et al. Contribution of a new, rapid, individual and quantitative automated D-dimer ELISA to exclude pulmonary embolism. Thromb Haemost 1996;75:11-3.
31. Perrier A, Desmarais S, Miron MJ, de Moerloose P, Lepage R, Slosman D, et al. Non-invasive diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in outpatients. Lancet 1999;353:190-5.
32. Houbouyan-Reveillard LL, Mihoubi A, Houdijk WP, Qanadli S, Joseph T, Courret JP, et al. Preliminary evaluation of two new rapid immunoturbidimetric D-dimer assays in patients with clinically suspected venous thromboembolism (VTE). Thromb Haemost 2000;84:770-4.
33. de Monye W, Huisman MV, Pattynama PM. Observer dependency of the SimpliRed D-dimer assay in 81 consecutive patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. Thromb Res 1999;96:293-8.
34. Shrecengost JE, LeGallo RD, Boyd JC, Moons KGM, Gonias SL, Rose CE Jr, et al. Comparison of diagnostic accuracies in outpatients and hospitalized patients of D-dimer testing for the evaluation of suspected pulmonary embolism. Clin Chem 2003;49:1483-90.