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A Pilot Study of the Performance Characteristics of the D-dimer in Presumed Sepsis

OBJECTIVES: To determine if a sensitive D-dimer assay can exclude progression to organ dysfunction, death, and intensive care unit (ICU) admission in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with suspected infection, and if increasing levels of D-dimer are predictive of those end points....

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Autores principales: Goebel, Phillip J., Williams, Justin B., Gerhardt, Robert T.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20823968