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Study Reviews Age-Adjusted D-Dimer Use in Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

Original: Evaluating Age-Adjusted D-dimer and Clinical Decision-Making in Suspected Pulmonary Embolism: A Retrospective Clinical Audit and Practitioner Survey

A retrospective clinical audit and practitioner survey published in Cureus examines how age-adjusted D-dimer testing is used in diagnosing suspected pulmonary embolism. The study evaluates whether the adjusted thresholds improve clinical decision-making, a topic of ongoing debate among emergency and internal medicine physicians seeking to reduce unnecessary CT imaging without missing clots.

Why now: Clinicians are weighing evidence on age-adjusted D-dimer cutoffs to safely rule out pulmonary embolism and cut imaging use

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• Evaluating Age-Adjusted D-dimer and Clinical Decision-Making in Suspected Pulmonary Embolism: A Retrospective Clinical Audit and Practitioner Survey · Cureus

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