Why the study?
Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in pregnancy is notoriously difficult and lacks high-quality evidence.
Do clinical decision rules and D-dimer testing safely rule out pulmonary embolism in pregnant women?
Do clinical decision rules and D-dimer testing safely rule out pulmonary embolism in pregnant women?
D-dimer testing combined with clinical decision rules can help avoid radiation in low-risk pregnant women suspected of PE, but is insufficient to rule out PE in high-risk patients.
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Limits role of D-dimer and decision rules in pregnant patients with suspected PE; leaves open prospective validation of alternative algorithms.
Viau-Lapointe et al. (2019) studied this question.
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