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- Title
D-dimer threshold increase with pretest probability unlikely for pulmonary embolism to decrease unnecessary computerized tomographic pulmonary angiography.
- Authors
Kline, J A; Hogg, M M; Courtney, D M; Miller, C D; Jones, A E; Smithline, H A
- Abstract
Increasing the threshold to define a positive D-dimer could reduce unnecessary computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) for a suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) but might increase rates of a missed PE and missed pneumonia, the most common non-thromboembolic diagnosis seen on CTPA.
- Publication
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 2012, Vol 10, Issue 4, p572
- ISSN
1538-7836
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04647.x