Magnitude of D-dimer matters for diagnosing pulmonary embolus

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 942-945

  Shah, Kaushal ^a   Quaas, Joshua ^b   Rolston, Daniel ^b   Bansal, Shalu ^c   Bania, Theodore ^b   Newman, David ^a   Wiener, Dan ^b   Lee, Jarone ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; D DIMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN;

FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879073543     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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