Early detection and prompt treatment of acute pulmonary embolism (PE), a sudden and potentially life‑threatening blood clot that blocks arteries in the lungs, is critical. Comprehensive ...

Researchers have found in a new study that using an age-adjusted D-dimer cutoff can safely rule out deep vein thrombosis and allows a greater number of patients to be effectively excluded from having ...

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A NEW prospective study suggests that a simplified D-dimer strategy can safely rule out pulmonary embolism in the emergency department while substantially reducing the need for chest imaging. By ...

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Age-adjusted D-dimer cutoffs can safely rule out deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in many suspected cases, according to the ADJUST-DVT trial. For patients ages 50 and older with a nonhigh or unlikely ...

A prospective validation study found that age-adjusted D-dimer thresholds can safely rule out lower extremity DVT for more people with low to intermediate suspicion in the first place. The ...

The age-adjusted D-dimer cutoff may safely rule out suspected leg deep vein thrombosis (DVT), according to the multicenter, multinational ADJUST-DVT study published Jan. 5 in JAMA. D-dimer was ...

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We present a case of a 60-year-old female with a history of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE), who re-presented with right leg pain and was found to have a non-occlusive deep vein thrombosis (DVT ...