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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...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Clinics Cardive Publishing
2012
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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 |