The predictive characteristics of D-dimer testing in outpatients with suspected venous thromboembolism: A Bayesian approach

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 345, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 79-87

  Risch, Lorenz ^a,b   Monn, Antoinette ^c   Lüthy, Regina ^d   Honegger, Hanspeter ^c   Huber, Andreas R ^e  

^a Vorarlberg Inst Vasc Invest T   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Inst for Med Oncol and Hematology   (Switzerland)

^d Stadtspital Triemli   (Switzerland)

^e CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

D dimer; Deep vein thrombosis; Predictive value of tests; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 2942517745     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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