An elevated D-dimer value: a burden on our patients and hospitals

With 200,000 annual deaths in the United States due to pulmonary embolism (PE), efficient and accurate diagnosis is mandatory. Since negative D-dimer values are only useful in ruling out PE, elevated values alone should not result in excessive testing. This study assessed the diagnostic and financia...

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Autores principales: Chopra, Nitin, Doddamreddy, Pradeep, Grewal, Hermanjeet, Kumar, Pratap C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22319245
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S25027

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22319245
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S25027

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