It's time to use an age-based approach to D-dimer

dc.contributor.author	Urban, Karli	eng
dc.contributor.author	Kirley, Kate	eng
dc.contributor.author	Stevermer, James J.	eng
dc.contributor.other	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.date.issued	2014	eng
dc.description	"An age-adjusted D-dimer cutoff--rather than the conventional 500 mcg/L value--is a better way to rule out VTE in patients over 50."	eng
dc.description.abstract	Use an age-adjusted D-dimer cutoff (patient's age in years [multiplied by] 10 mcg/L) for patients over age 50 years when evaluating for venous thromboembolism (VTE); it reduces false positives without substantially increasing false negatives.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10355/41372
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Priority Updates to Research Literature (PURLs) (2014)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 63, no. 03 (March 2014): 155-158.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject.other	D-dimer	eng
dc.subject.other	Age factors	eng
dc.subject.other	Venous thromboembolism	eng
dc.subject.other	Middle-aged persons	eng
dc.title	It's time to use an age-based approach to D-dimer	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

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