D-Dimer testing to select patients with a first unprovoked venous thromboembolism who can stop anticoagulant therapy: A cohort study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-34

  Kearon, Clive ^a   Spencer, Frederick A ^b   O'Keeffe, Denis ^c   Parpia, Sameer ^d   Schulman, Sam ^e   Baglin, Trevor ^f   Stevens, Scott M ^g   Kaatz, Scott ^h   Bauer, Kenneth A ⁱ   Douketis, James D ^b   Lentz, Steven R ^j   Kessler, Craig M ^k   Moll, Stephan ^l   Connors, Jean M ^m   Ginsberg, Jeffrey S ^b   Spadafora, Luciana ^d   Julian, Jim A ^d   Smale, Sue ^a   Winkworth, Tracy ^a   Bedek, Naomi ^a   Glushchenko, Alla ^a   Gross, Peter L ^a   Linkins, Lori Ann ^a   O'Donnell, Martin ^a   Weitz, Jeffrey ^a   Conway, Jane ⁿ   Watts, Mike ⁿ   Bourke, Deborah ⁿ   Kiely, Pat ⁿ   Baglin, Caroline ^f   Rudd Scott, Lisa ^a   Zondag, Michelle ^a   Eikelboom, John ^a   Aston, Valerie T ^g   Elliott, Greg ^g   Woller, Scott C ^g   Ellsworth, Stacy ^o   Gikas, Helen ^o   Ahsan, Syed T ^o   Shah, Vinay ^o   Mahony, Marie ^p   Rodrigues, Anita ^p   Zwicker, Jeffrey I ^p   Betz, Rita ^b   Schnurr, Terri ^b   Chan, Howard ^b   Crowther, Mark ^b   Lim, Wendy ^b   Peters, Tracy ^q   Lammer, Mike ^q   Kaboli, Peter ^q   Leaverton, Scott ^q   MacFarlane, Donald ^q   Jacobs, Helena ^k   Abdallah, Rim ^k   Broome, Catherine ^k   Key, Nigel S ^l   Kasthuri, Raj S ^l   Jeanneret, Cheryl ^l   Kellerman, Roberta ^l   Naik, Nivisha ^m   Rowe, Betty S ^m   Stewart, Lisa ^m   Wentz, Rachel ^m   Berliner, Nancy ^m   McCaffrey, Ronald ^m   more..

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^k GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^o HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^p HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION STOCKING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADULT; BLEEDING; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84925022275     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-1275     Document Type: Article

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