Diagnostic accuracy of conventional or age adjusted D-dimer cut-off values in older patients with suspected venous thromboembolism: Systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7910, 2013, Pages

  Schouten, Henrike J ^a   Geersing, G J ^a   Koek, H L ^a   Zuithoff, Nicolaas P A ^a   Janssen, Kristel J M ^b   Douma, Renée A ^c   Van Delden, Johannes J M ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MAPI GROUP   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84878540471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2492     Document Type: Article

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