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VIDAS D-dimer in combination with clinical pre-test probability to rule out pulmonary embolism. A systematic review of management outcome studies
Authors
Carrier, Marc
Righini, Marc Philip
Djurabi, Reza Karami
Huisman, Menno V.
Perrier, Arnaud
Wells, Philip S.
Rodger, Marc
Wuillemin, Walter A.
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Published in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2009, vol. 101, no. 5, p. 886-892
Abstract Clinical outcome studies have shown that it is safe to withhold anticoagulant therapy in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) who have a negative D-dimer result and a low pretest probability (PTP) either using a PTP model or clinical gestalt. It was the objective of the present study to assess the safety of the combination of a negative VIDAS D-dimer result in combination with a non-high PTP using the Wells or Geneva models to exclude PE. A systematic literature search strategy was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials and all EBM Reviews. Seven studies (6 prospective management studies and 1 randomised controlled trial) reporting failure rates at three months were included in the analysis. Non-high PTP was defined as "unlikely" using the Wells' model, or "low/intermediate" PTP using either the Geneva score, the Revised Geneva Score, or clinical gestalt. Two reviewers independently extracted data onto standardised forms. A total of 5,622 patients with low/intermediate or unlikely PTP were assessed using the VIDAS D-dimer. PE was ruled out by a negative D-dimer test in 2,248 (40%, 95% confidence intervals [CI] 38.7 to 41.3%) of them. The three-month thromboembolic risk in patients left untreated on the basis of a low/intermediate or unlikely PTP and a negative D-dimer test was 3/2,166 (0.14%, 95% CI 0.05 to 0.41%). In conclusion, the combination of a negative VIDAS D-dimer result and a non-high PTP effectively and safely excludes PE in an important proportion of outpatients with suspected PE.
Keywords Aged — Aged, 80 and over — Anticoagulants/therapeutic use — Biological Markers/blood — Diagnosis, Differential — Female — Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products/*analysis — Gestalt Theory — *Health Status Indicators — Humans — Male — Predictive Value of Tests — Pulmonary Embolism/*blood/*diagnosis/drug therapy/etiology — Risk Assessment — Risk Factors — Sensitivity and Specificity
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PMID: 19404542
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine
Research groups Groupe Perrier Arnaud (Médecine interne générale, de réhabilitation et de gériatrie) (585)
La maladie thromboembolique veineuse (808)
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(ISO format) 		CARRIER, Marc et al. VIDAS D-dimer in combination with clinical pre-test probability to rule out pulmonary embolism. A systematic review of management outcome studies. In: Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2009, vol. 101, n° 5, p. 886-892. doi: 10.1160/th-08-10-0689 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:19512

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