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Articles and journal scans about D-dimer
Article
Journal Scan
Journal Scan
Article
May 2018
Simplified reliable diagnostic management of acute pulmonary embolism
The diagnosis of pulmonary embolism is challenging due to the non-specificity of signs and symptoms and the very busy Emergency Departments to which the overall majority of patients with suspected PE present. While several well-validated diagnostic algorithms exist and are readily available, it is known that in many...
D-dimer
Article
June 2017
The clinical use of a D-dimer assay
This article discusses the use of a D-dimer assay in excluding venous thromboembolism (VTE) in outpatients. Together with a low pretest probability of VTE, a negative D-dimer test can rule out VTE in 30-50 % of suspected patient cases.
The article highlights the importance of using a D-dimer assay with particular...
Coagulation/fibrinolysis
D-dimer
Journal Scan
January 2017
Determining the cause of breathlessness – how blood testing can help
Dyspnea (alternative names: breathlessness and shortness of breath) is a common reason for individuals to seek medical help either in primary care or the hospital emergency room. The possible causes are legion, so that assessment of the patient complaining of breathlessness is a common and often difficult diagnostic...
Blood gases/acid-base
D-dimer
Troponins
Natriuretic peptide
Article
May 2016
D-dimer assays - pitfalls of analytical comparisons
When a new D-dimer method is evaluated, it’s typically compared to an established D-dimer method using both an analytical and a clinical comparison.
Analytical comparisons should be discouraged, as they do not give any useful information about the potential clinical usability of the assay. D-dimer assay comparisons...
D-dimer
Journal Scan
January 2016
The role of D-dimer in diagnosis of venous thromboembolism – a review
The D-dimer blood test is a clinical laboratory test that is also increasingly available at the point of care, most often the hospital emergency room. Over the past decade or so the test has become established for emergency room assessment of patients suspected of suffering deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism,...
D-dimer
Article
July 2015
Comparing D-dimer assays using likelihood ratios and Fagan nomograms
Clinical sensitivity, clinical specificity and predictive values are frequently used as performance measure for a biochemistry assay. When D-dimer assay performance is presented, emphasis is often on the negative predictive value (NPV).
However, predictive values are greatly influenced by the prevalence of the...
Information management
Coagulation/fibrinolysis
D-dimer
Article
April 2015
Evolution of pathology services with point-of-care testing in Cornwall
This article first appeared in Pathology in Practice (Hobba H, Silver L. Evolution of POC testing. Pathology in Practice 2013; 14 [2]: 63) and is reproduced here by kind permission (www.pathologyinpractice.com). © 2013 kdm communications limited
Point-of-care (POC) testing has allowed the pathology department in...
Process optimization
Point-of-care testing
Quality assurance
Information management
D-dimer
Troponins
CRP