Performance of age-adjusted D-dimer cut-off to rule out pulmonary embolism

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1291-1296

  Penaloza, A ^a   Roy, P M ^b,c   Kline, J ^d   Verschuren, F ^a   Le Gal, G ^e   Quentin Georget, S ^b,c   Delvau, N ^a   Thys, F ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b LUNAM Universite   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

D dimer; Pulmonary embolism; Rule out

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART RATE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 84863472704     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04769.x     Document Type: Article

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