D-dimer threshold increase with pretest probability unlikely for pulmonary embolism to decrease unnecessary computerized tomographic pulmonary angiography

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 572-581

  Kline, J A ^a   Hogg, M M ^a   Courtney, D M ^b   Miller, C D ^c   Jones, A E ^d   Smithline, H A ^e  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrin fragment D; Medical decision making; Spiral computed; Tomography; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOLOGIST; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84859176927     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04647.x     Document Type: Article

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