Age-adjusted D-dimer cutoff levels to rule out pulmonary embolism: the ADJUST-PE study.
Righini M, Van Es J, Den Exter PL, Roy PM, Verschuren F, Ghuysen A, Rutschmann OT, Sanchez O, Jaffrelot M, Trinh-Duc A, Le Gall C, Moustafa F, Principe A, Van Houten AA, Ten Wolde M, Douma RA, Hazelaar G, Erkens PM, Van Kralingen KW, Grootenboers MJ, Durian MF, Cheung YW, Meyer G, Bounameaux H, Huisman MV, Kamphuisen PW, Le Gal G.
Righini M, et al.
JAMA. 2014 Mar 19;311(11):1117-24. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.2135.
JAMA. 2014.
PMID: 24643601
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IMPORTANCE: D-dimer measurement is an important step in the diagnostic strategy of clinically suspected acute pulmonary embolism (PE), but its clinical usefulness is limited in elderly patients. OBJECTIVE: To prospectively validate whether an age-adjusted D-dimer cu …
IMPORTANCE: D-dimer measurement is an important step in the diagnostic strategy of clinically suspected acute pulmonary embolism …