D-dimer test can determine the severity of COVID patient. Know how it is beneficial in determining other blood disorders.

Ottawa, ON - Performing a D-dimer test in addition to clinical assessment of patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT) simplifies diagnosis of the disorder, a new randomized study has ...

Patients with negative D-dimer results, or with positive D-dimer results but negative ultrasounds, were discharged without taking clinical pre-test probability into account.

Compared with fixed D-dimer testing, a recent analysis showed an age-adjusted D-dimer testing algorithm safely prevented 5% more patients with suspected pulmonary embolism from being tested using ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- New research suggests that it may be possible to simplify the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) wi ...

Plasma D-dimer is a commonly used test for certain blood clot-related disorders. It is also a potentially useful marker of infection and has been validated for use in the diagnosis of PJI.

Measurement of plasma D-dimer levels – a test more commonly used to detect blood-clotting disorders – can provide useful information when making the difficult diagnosis of periprosthetic joint ...

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente in Denver have concluded that targeted age-specific computerized alerts can reduce the number of D-dimer testing needed in elderly patients, according to the ...

Tests that are not needed are never economical. I think there is little evidence in the literature to support routine testing with D-dimer and BNP for patients with acute chest pain.