Diagnostic accuracy of conventional or age adjusted D-dimer cut-off values in older patients with suspected venous thromboembolism: systematic review and meta …

HJ Schouten, GJ Geersing, HL Koek, NPA Zuithoff… - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
Objective To review the diagnostic accuracy of D-dimer testing in older patients (> 50 years)
with suspected venous thromboembolism, using conventional or age adjusted D-dimer cut …

Prediction of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department: the revised Geneva score

G Le Gal, M Righini, PM Roy, O Sanchez… - Annals of internal …, 2006 - acpjournals.org
Background: Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism requires clinical probability assessment.
Implicit assessment is accurate but is not standardized, and current prediction rules have …

Effectiveness of managing suspected pulmonary embolism using an algorithm combining clinical probability, D-dimer testing, and computed tomography

P Page - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
ContextPrevious studies have evaluated the safety of relatively complex combinations of
clinical decision rules and diagnostic tests in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism …

The development and validation of a clinical prediction model to determine the probability of MODY in patients with young-onset diabetes

BM Shields, TJ McDonald, S Ellard, MJ Campbell… - Diabetologia, 2012 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Diagnosing MODY is difficult. To date, selection for molecular genetic
testing for MODY has used discrete cut-offs of limited clinical characteristics with varying …

D-dimer: an overview of hemostasis and fibrinolysis, assays, and clinical applications

JD Olson - Advances in clinical chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
D-dimer is the smallest fibrinolysis-specific degradation product found in the circulation. The
origins, assays, and clinical use of D-dimer will be addressed. Hemostasis (platelet and …

Clinical decision rules for excluding pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis

W Lucassen, GJ Geersing, PMG Erkens… - Annals of internal …, 2011 - acpjournals.org
Background: Clinical probability assessment is combined with d-dimer testing to exclude
pulmonary embolism (PE). Purpose: To compare the test characteristics of gestalt (a …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical prediction rules for pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Ceriani, C Combescure, G Le Gal, M Nendaz… - Journal of thrombosis …, 2010 - Elsevier
Background: Pretest probability assessment is necessary to identify patients in whom
pulmonary embolism (PE) can be safely ruled out by a negative D-dimer without further …

EANM guideline for ventilation/perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and beyond

M Bajc, C Schümichen, T Grüning, A Lindqvist… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
These guidelines update the previous EANM 2009 guidelines on the diagnosis of
pulmonary embolism (PE). Relevant new aspects are related to (a) quantification of PE and …

Accuracy of point-of-care multiorgan ultrasonography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

P Nazerian, S Vanni, G Volpicelli, C Gigli, M Zanobetti… - Chest, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Presenting signs and symptoms of pulmonary embolism (PE) are nonspecific,
favoring a large use of second-line diagnostic tests such as multidetector CT pulmonary …

Sensitivity of the aortic dissection detection risk score, a novel guideline-based tool for identification of acute aortic dissection at initial presentation: results from the …

AM Rogers, LK Hermann, AM Booher, CA Nienaber… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—In 2010, the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology
released guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with thoracic aortic …