Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with d -Dimer Adjusted to Clinical Probability
Author(s) -
Clive Kearon,
Kerstin de Wit,
Sameer Parpia,
Sam Schulman,
Marc Afilalo,
Andrew Hirsch,
Frederick A. Spencer,
Sangita Sharma,
Frédérick D’Aragon,
Jean-François Deshaies,
Grégoire Le Gal,
Alejandro LazoLangner,
Cynthia Wu,
Lisa Rudd-Scott,
Shan M. Bates,
Jim A. Julian
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1909159
Subject(s) - d dimer , pulmonary embolism , medicine
Retrospective analyses suggest that pulmonary embolism is ruled out by a d-dimer level of less than 1000 ng per milliliter in patients with a low clinical pretest probability (C-PTP) and by a d-dimer level of less than 500 ng per milliliter in patients with a moderate C-PTP.
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