D-dimer for the diagnosis of acute venous thromboembolism in the emergency department: A Janus-face marker

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-58

  Manfredini, Roberto ^a,b,c,d  

^a Hospital of the Delta   (Italy)

^b Local Health Agency   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d Ospedale del Delta   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33750116659     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02934723     Document Type: Note

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