Prospective study of the diagnostic accuracy of the simplify D-dimer assay for pulmonary embolism in emergency department patients

Chest

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1417-1423

  Kline, Jeffrey A ^a   Runyon, Michael S ^a   Webb, William B ^a   Jones, Alan E ^a   Mitchell, Alice M ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

D dimer; Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism; Sensitivity and specificity; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADIAN SCORE; CHAROTTE RULE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LOW RISK PATIENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE LIKELIHOOD RATIO; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; POSTTEST PROBABILITY; PREDICTION; PRETEST PROBABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNSTRUCTURED CLINICAL ESTIMATE;

EID: 33745147880     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.6.1417     Document Type: Article

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