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.

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 ...

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 ...