Age-adjusted D-dimer cutoff levels to rule out pulmonary embolism: the ADJUST-PE study.
Age-adjusted D-dimer cutoff levels to rule out pulmonary embolism: the ADJUST-PE study.
M. Righini,J. van Es,24 Authors,G. Le Gal
2014 · DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.2135
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) · 876 Citations
TLDR
The combination of pretest clinical probability assessment with age-adjusted D-dimer cutoff was associated with a larger number of patients in whom PE could be considered ruled out with a low likelihood of subsequent clinical venous thromboembolism.