Article
D-dimer level has higher correlation with pulmonary embolism diagnosis than a clinical prediction score
2021-05-03
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Aim: </h4> This study aimed to compare the predictive value of D-dimer and a clinical prediction score in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) as this could improve practice and reduce costs simultaneously. Method To achieve this, medical records of patients who presented to the Emergency Department of a large Australian metropolitan general hospital over 12 months and underwent DD testing were reviewed. The c...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a208e004-ec86-5d28-8942-d5a616f81752
- DOI
- 10.22541/au.162008624.40636943/v1
