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 peer ...

Then, patients were randomized to either D-dimer testing or no D-dimer testing (controls). In the D-dimer group, patients with low clinical probabilities and negative D-dimer tests underwent no ...