Extensive evaluation of the instrumentation laboratory IL Test D-Dimer immunoturbidimetric assay on the ACL 9000 determines the D-Dimer cutoff value for reliable exclusion of venous thromboembolism

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 88-94

  Curtin, Nancy ^a   Highe, G ^a   Harris, Martin ^a   Braunstein, A ^a   Demattia, F ^a   Coss, L ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL 9000; D Dimer; Deep vein thrombosis; Instrumentation laboratory IL; Pulmonary embolism; Quantitative immunoturbidimetric assay; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBIDIMETRY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 3042723943     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/LH96.04018     Document Type: Article

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