Current use of d-dimer for the exclusion of venous thrombosis in hospitalized patients

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• who: Nitzan Karny-Epstein from the FacultyAviv University have published the research: Current use of D-dimer for the exclusion of venous thrombosis in hospitalized patients, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports
• what: In this study, the utility of the D-dimer assay in hospitalized patients was evaluated for the diagnosis of clinically relevant u00adVTE25,26. The study shows that when other etiologies than VTE exist, clinicians not infrequently select not to perform further diagnostic studies as suggested by VTE algorithms.
• future: Studies are needed to evaluate prospectively the utility and proper . . .
  

   

  

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