D-dimer use and pulmonary embolism diagnosis in emergency units: Why is there such a difference in pulmonary embolism prevalence between the United States of America and countries outside USA?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Pernod, Gilles ^a   Caterino, Jeffrey ^b   Maignan, Maxime ^a   Tissier, Cindy ^c   Kassis, Jeannine ^d   Lazarchick, John ^e  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; ANGIOGRAPHY; CANADA; EUROPE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMARKERS; CANADA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009282003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169268     Document Type: Article

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