Screening for pulmonary embolism with a D-dimer assay: Do we still need to assess clinical probability as well?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 54-58

  Hammond, Christopher J ^a   Hassan, Tajek B ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; AUTOMATION; HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

AUTOMATION; ENGLAND; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 14144250445     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.98.2.54     Document Type: Article

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