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

Recently, Dompmartin and associates [4] reported a strong association between venous malformations and localized intravascular coagulopathy (LIC), especially in cases of large VMs, intramuscular VMs, ...

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 ...

It is difficult to predict risk for recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) precisely and, therefore, to assess whether prolonged anticoagulation therapy is appropriate. Austrian researchers ...

(HealthDay News) — Elevated levels of plasma D-dimer are associated with attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE) due to C1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency (C1-INH-HAE), according to a study ...

Increased VTE Risk Seen in Rheumatoid Arthritis Qualified Age-adjusted levels of D-dimer safely exclude pulmonary embolism (PE) in older patients. (HealthDay News) — Age-adjusted levels of D-dimer ...

Using a patient's age to raise the threshold for an abnormal result of a blood test used to assess patients with a suspected pulmonary embolism (blood clot in lungs) appeared to be safe and led to ...

Recognizing that D-dimer levels generally increase with advancing age, however, the age-adjusted D-dimer test is ...

Molecular analysis of RAS genes mutations in patients with cervical adenocarcinoma. The acceleration of adoption of tumor profiling into routine clinical practice: An insight from review of the ...

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