An elevated D-dimer value: A burden on our patients and hospitals

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-92

  Chopra, Nitin ^a   Doddamreddy, Pradeep ^a   Grewal, Hermanjeet ^a   Kumar, Pratap C ^a  

^a Jackson Park Hosp   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Age; D dimer; Diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism; Scoring

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BILLING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84857077680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S25027     Document Type: Article

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