Talk:D-dimer

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d-dimer = more CTPA

  • excessive use of CTPA with +d-dimer patients -
  • there are many false positives - any inflammatory condition, infectious, malignancy, etc
  • study showed that a +d-dimer, greatly influenced a clinicians decision to order CTPA even when clinical suspicion is low.
  • $ and raditiation issues...

-TK Tom Kelly 20:01, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

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