The age-adjusted D-dimer cutoff level to rule out pulmonary embolism in patients with syncope

Eur J Intern Med. 2022 Mar:97:125-127. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2021.12.020. Epub 2021 Dec 21.

Authors

Eyal Fuchs¹, Emilia Hardak², Anat Keren-Politansky³, Ron Hoffman⁴, Inna Tzoran⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Ha-Aliya Street 8, Haifa 3525408, Israel; Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel; Pulmonary division, Bnai Zion Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
³ Department of Hematology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel; Department of Hematology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.

PMID: 34952768
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2021.12.020

No abstract available

Keywords: Age-adjusted cutoff level; D-dimer; Pulmonary embolism; Syncope; The elderly.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Emergency Service, Hospital
Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products*
Humans
Pulmonary Embolism* / complications
Pulmonary Embolism* / diagnosis
Syncope / etiology

Substances

Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products
fibrin fragment D