Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with d-Dimer Adjusted to Clinical Probability
Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with d-Dimer Adjusted to Clinical Probability
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PEGeD Study Investigators , Kearon, Clive , de Wit, Kerstin , Parpia, Sameer , Schulman, Sam , Afilalo, Marc , Hirsch, Andrew , Spencer, Frederick A , Sharma, Sangita , D’Aragon, Frédérick , Deshaies, Jean-François , Le Gal, Gregoire , Lazo-Langner, Alejandro , Wu, Cynthia , Rudd-Scott, Lisa , Bates, Shannon M and Julian, Jim A
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United States: Massachusetts Medical Society
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English
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Among patients with a low clinical pretest probability of pulmonary embolism and a
d
-dimer level of less than 1000 ng per milliliter (twice the usual threshold used to rule out the disorder), the need for diagnostic imaging was reduced from 51.9% to 34.3% of patients, without increasing the risk of missing the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism...
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Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with d-Dimer Adjusted to Clinical Probability
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2319501221
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2319501221
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0028-4793
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1533-4406
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10.1056/NEJMoa1909159
