HealthDay News — Using the Wells rule for pulmonary embolism in combination with either a qualitative point-of-care D-dimer test or a quantitative D-dimer test helps practitioners safety exclude ...

Age-adjusted D-dimer cutoffs can safely rule out deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in many suspected cases, according to the ...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-COVID-19) was found in December 2019. From then onwards it has created havoc in the entire nation. More than 2 million people have been ...

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 shown.

New research suggests that it may be possible to simplify the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) without compromising accuracy. Contrary to the standard practice of administering several tests to ...

Diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection is still a challenge due to a lack of an absolute test. When a clinician encounters a suspected periprosthetic joint infection case, he or she has to use a ...

February 10, 2023 – 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 ...

While D-dimer tests are useful in ruling out harmful blood clots in the body, experts say that they must strictly be done on advice of a doctor who knows how to interpret the readings. “A D-dimer test ...

Researchers have determined an age-adjusted cut-off value that increases the specificity of the D-dimer test for excluding pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients older than 50 years of age. The ...

LGC Maine Standards is pleased to announce our VALIDATE® D-Dimer calibration verification / linearity test kit has received US FDA 510(k) clearance for use on Instrument Laboratory ACL TOP® hemostasis ...