A Highly Sensitive ELISA D-Dimer Increases Testing but Not Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 519-524

  Kabrhel, Christopher ^a   Matts, Christina ^a   McNamara, Mariah ^a   Katz, Jeremy ^a   Ptak, Thomas ^a  

^a Boston   (United States)

Author keywords

D dimer; ELISA; pulmonary embolism; venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746404331     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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