The Burden of Unnecessary Testing From a Regularly Ordered Laboratory Assay: Age-Adjusted -Dimer Quality Improvement Study
Diagnosing acute pulmonary embolism (PE) involves clinical suspicion in combination with sequential diagnostic tests including d -dimer laboratory assays. Although the sensitivity of this assay is well validated and thoroughly tested, a false-positive result can lead to unnecessary and costly testin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1076029620939182 |