- ►annals.org [PDF] SW Rathbun, GE Raskob, TL Whitsett - Annals of internal medicine, 2000 - Am Coll Physicians Suman W. Rathbun, MD; Gary E. Raskob, PhD; and Thomas L. Whitsett, MD ... Purpose: To determine
the sensitivity and specificity of helical computed tomography (CT) for the diagnosis of pulmonary
embolism and to determine the safety of with- holding anticoagulant therapy in patients ... Cited by 351 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] J Wicki, TV Perneger, AF Junod, H … - Archives of Internal …, 2001 - archinte.highwire.org You are seeing this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web
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KE Wood - Chest, 2002 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Major pulmonary embolism (PE) results whenever the combination of embolism size and underlying
cardiopulmonary status interact to produce hemodynamic instability. Physical findings and standard
data crudely estimate the severity of the embolic event in patients without prior ... Cited by 310 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 14 versions
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A Perrier, PM Roy, D Aujesky, I Chagnon, N … - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier A normal D-dimer level (<500 μg/L by a rapid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) ruled out
venous thromboembolism in 280 patients (29%), and finding a deep vein thrombosis by ultrasonography
established the diagnosis in 92 patients (9.5%). Helical CT was required in only 593 ... Cited by 206 - Related articles - All 10 versions
- ►canadianmedicaljournal.ca C Kearon - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2003 - canadianmedicaljournal.ca NO SINGLE NONINVASIVE TEST for pulmonary embolism is both sensitive and specific. Some
tests are good for "ruling in" pulmonary embolism (eg, helical CT) and some tests are good for
"ruling out" pulmonary embolism (eg, D-dimer); others are able to do both but are often ... Cited by 185 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 25 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] C Kearon, JS Ginsberg, J Douketis, M … - Annals of internal …, 2001 - Am Coll Physicians Background: When deep venous thrombosis is suspected, ob- jective testing is required to confirm
or refute the diagnosis. Objective: To determine whether the combination of a low clinical suspicion
and a normal D -dimer result rules out deep venous thrombosis. Design: Prospective ... Cited by 171 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►muhealth.org [PDF] J Kelly, A Rudd, RR Lewis, BJ Hunt - Archives of Internal Medicine, 2002 - archinte.highwire.org Clinical suspicion for venous thromboembolism (VTE) mandates objective testing to confirm
or exclude the diagnosis. However, current imaging modalities are imperfect because of a small
but important risk of complications with invasive techniques or limited sensitivity with ... Cited by 170 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►psu.edu [PDF] MJHA Kruip, MJ Slob, JHEM Schijen, C … - Archives of Internal …, 2002 - archinte.highwire.org Methods Consecutive patients with suspected PE had D-dimer testing and clinical probability
assessment with a clinical decision rule. Patients with a low probability and a normal D-dimer
concentration (<500 ng/mL) were considered not to have PE, and further diagnostic ... Cited by 138 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
SM Bates, C Kearon, M Crowther, L Linkins, … - Annals of internal …, 2003 - Am Coll Physicians A Diagnostic Strategy Involving a Quantitative Latex D-Dimer Assay ... Shannon M. Bates,
MDCM; Clive Kearon, MB, PhD; Mark Crowther, MD, MSc; Lori Linkins, MD; Martin
O'Donnell, MB; Jim Douketis, MD; Agnes YY Lee, MD; Jeffrey I. Weitz, MD; Marilyn ... Cited by 100 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
