D-Dimer in suspected pulmonary embolism
Population
Patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) or venous thromboembolism (VTE)
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support D-dimer for VTE rule-out in acute care; leaves open specificity in inflammation.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) or venous thromboembolism (VTE)
I
Intervention
D-dimer testing
D-dimer testing is primarily indicated to rule out VTE in patients with low or low-to-intermediate clinical pre-test probability, with specific caveats and age-adjusted cut-offs recommended to improve diagnostic accuracy.
Cite This Study
Giannitsis et al. (2023) studied this question.