Age-adjusted D-dimer cutoffs can safely rule out deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in many suspected cases, according to the ...

Use of clinical decision rules in conjunction with D-dimer thresholds adjusted higher based on either age or pretest probability is acceptably safe for ruling out acute pulmonary embolism (PE) without ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The plasma D-dimer assay has been used, along with clinical prediction scores, to rule out ...

A prospective validation study found that age-adjusted D-dimer thresholds can safely rule out lower extremity DVT for more ...

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has been caused by the rapid spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has significantly affected the ...

D-dimer plus multidetector CT (D-dimer/CT) is as effective as D-dimer/CT plus venous compression ultrasound (US) for identifying pulmonary embolism (PE) and short-term risk of thromboembolic events in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with suspected pulmonary embolism, diagnostic strategies to rule out PE that apply adapted D-dimer ...

Tampa, FL (Oct. 26, 2021) --A screening blood test originally validated in seriously ill patients without COVID-19 is still clinically useful for ruling out pulmonary embolism in patients hospitalized ...

For emergency department patients with suspected PE, the strategy wasn't inferior for thromboembolic events compared with a conventional diagnostic strategy of subjective estimation of pretest ...