Dr. Roach: D-dimer blood test causes confusion in 83-year-old male

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Altoona Mirror

D-dimer blood test causes confusion

What are D-dimers? Are they something I should be concerned about? I am an 83-year-old male with the usual problems that men my age have, such as an enlarged prostate, high blood pressure, and high ...
The Daily Courier

To Your Good Health: D-dimer blood test causes confusion in 83-year-old male

What are D-dimers? Are they something I should be concerned about? I am an 83-year-old male with the usual problems that men ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Pregnancy-Adapted YEARS Algorithm for Diagnosis of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary embolism is one of the leading causes of maternal death in the Western world. Because of the low specificity and sensitivity of the d-dimer test, all pregnant women with suspected pulmonary ...
Medycyna Praktyczna

Hemostasis assessment in patients suspected of venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in the emergency setting: challenges for clinicians

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), which most especially includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and represents a ...
News Medical

Low-dose apixaban treatment reduces recurrence of venous thromboembolism compared to anticoagulant discontinuation after negative D-dimer

All patients with positive D-dimer test, considered at high risk, were prescribed apixaban 2.5 mg twice daily. The study was prematurely interrupted in November 2021 due to an excess of recurrences of ...