Utilization of serum D-dimer assays prior to computed tomography pulmonary angiography scans in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism among emergency department physicians: a retrospective observational study

BACKGROUND: A variety of evidence-based algorithms and decision rules using D-Dimer testing have been proposed as instruments to allow physicians to safely rule out a pulmonary embolism (PE) in low-risk patients. OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of D-Dimer utilization among emergency department...

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Autores principales: Salehi, Leila, Phalpher, Prashant, Yu, Hubert, Jaskolka, Jeffrey, Ossip, Marc, Meaney, Christopher, Valani, Rahim, Mercuri, Mathew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7814629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33468044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00401-x

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