Cargando…

Accuracy of D-dimer:fibrinogen ratio to diagnose pulmonary thromboembolism in patients admitted to intensive care units

INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) may increase D-dimer and decrease fibrinogen levels. However, in settings such as intensive care units (ICU) and in long-term hospitalised patients, several factors may influence D-dimer and fibrinogen concentrations and make them unreliable indicators f...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hajsadeghi, Shokoufeh, Kerman, Scott R, Khojandi, Mojtaba, Vaferi, Helen, Ramezani, Roza, Jourshari, Negar M, Mousavi, Sayyed AJ, Pouraliakbar, Hamidezar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2012
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3721944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23044500
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2012-041