Radiologic diagnoses of patients who received imaging for venous thromboembolism despite negative D-dimer tests

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1040-1046

  Nordenholz, Kristen E ^a   Zieske, Michael ^a   Dyer, Debra S ^a   Hanson, James A ^a   Heard, Kennon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; D DIMER TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBIDIMETRY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 36048999593     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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