Improving Appropriate Use of Pulmonary Computed Tomography Angiography by Increasing the Serum D-Dimer Threshold and Assessing Clinical Probability | Zendy

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Improving Appropriate Use of Pulmonary Computed Tomography Angiography by Increasing the Serum D-Dimer Threshold and Assessing Clinical Probability

Author(s) -

Sydney Char,

HyoChun Yoon

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the permanente journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1552-5775

pISSN - 1552-5767

DOI - 10.7812/tpp/14-007

Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , emergency department , pre and post test probability , d dimer , radiology , computed tomography , computed tomography angiography , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , psychiatry

To determine whether the implementation of an increased D-dimer threshold value and clinical probability assessment increases the prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients undergoing pulmonary computed tomography angiography (PCTA) in an Emergency Department setting.

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