Although D-dimer results within a typical range can rule out pulmonary embolism, high results alone can’t diagnose this condition. Doctors usually need to run extra tests to make a diagnosis.

A new study investigating D-dimer testing in patients who are at higher risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) has been published in the February issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) , the ...

Similar results were found in all subgroups. Conclusion A DFR, with a cut-off of 2.65, may improve the specificity for VTE patients when compared with D-dimer alone in high-risk VTE emergency medicine ...

Given the high mortality, predictive tools to identify patients at increased risk of death ... 1 Recently we found that concentrations of D-dimer, a degradation product of cross linked fibrin, were ...

Patients that use noncigarette tobacco products may have elevated subclinical markers related to inflammation, thrombosis, and atherosclerosis.

Conversely, 42% of patients with a high D-dimer level (>2.0 µg/ml) subsequently experienced a clinically relevant clotting event, in some cases in the absence of antiphospholipid antibodies or ...

Results: Younger age, female sex, higher neutrophil count, lower hematocrit, and elevated markers of inflammation and coagulation (including fibrinogen and D-dimer) emerged as key risk factors.

Aortic dissection is a life-threatening medical condition in which a tear occurs in the major artery (aorta) that carries ...

Increased plasma levels of fibrinolytic and coagulation markers, such as tPA, aPTT, and D-dimer, have been reported in patients with certain SARS-CoV-2 mutations. These elevated levels are indicative ...