SGEM#469: You Take My Breath Away – D-dimer for Ruling out PE in High-Risk Patients

Ensaios extraídos do podcast de Dr. Ken Milne

• 2025Failure rate of D-dimer testing in patients with high clinical probability of pulmonary embolismImaging & DiagnosticsIn 651 patients with high clinical probability of pulmonary embolism, D-dimer below the age-adjusted threshold missed no PE, as did the fixed 500 ng/mL cutoff, but with wide confidence bounds