Acute pulmonary embolism: a review

Y Freund, F Cohen-Aubart, B Bloom - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Pulmonary embolism (PE) is characterized by occlusion of blood flow in a
pulmonary artery, typically due to a thrombus that travels from a vein in a lower limb. The …

Effective prognostic and clinical risk stratification in COVID‐19 using multimodality biomarkers

A Liu, R Hammond, PD Donnelly… - Journal of Internal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In acute coronavirus disease 19 (COVID‐19) patients, effective clinical risk stratification has
important implications on treatment and therapeutic resource distribution. This article …

D-dimers—“Normal” Levels versus Elevated Levels Due to a Range of Conditions, Including “D-dimeritis,” Inflammation, Thromboembolism, Disseminated …

J Thachil, EJ Favaloro, G Lippi - Seminars in Thrombosis and …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
D-dimers reflect a breakdown product of fibrin. The current narrative review outlines how D-
dimers can arise in normal individuals, as well as in patients suffering from a wide range of …

Pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 and D-dimer diagnostic value: A retrospective study

MA Vivan, B Rigatti, SV Cunha, GC Frison… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Background: D-dimer levels are significantly higher in COVID-19 patients with Pulmonary
Thromboembolism (PTE) as compared to those without PTE, but its clinical utility is still …

[HTML][HTML] An optimized D-dimer cut-off value to predict pulmonary thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients

SYH Engels, IH van Veen, M Oudkerk… - Journal of thoracic …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is a common complication in coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) patients. Elevated D-dimer levels are observed even in the absence of PTE …

Low CRB-65 scores effectively rule out adverse clinical outcomes in COVID-19 irrespective of chest radiographic abnormalities

A Liu, R Hammond, K Chan, C Chukwuenweniwe… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background Background: CRB-65 (C onfusion; R espiratory rate≥ 30/min; B lood
pressure≤ 90/60 mmHg; age≥ 65 years) is a risk score for prognosticating patients with …

D-dimer thresholds to exclude pulmonary embolism among COVID-19 patients in the emergency department: derivation with independent validation

JR Bledsoe, D Knox, ID Peltan… - Clinical and Applied …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To derive and validate a D-dimer cutoff for ruling out pulmonary embolism (PE) in
COVID-19 patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). Methods A retrospective …

d-dimer as a biomarker for COVID-19-associated pulmonary thromboembolism: a narrative review from molecular pathways to the imaging findings

S Beidollahkhani, F Fayedeh, A Shoja… - The Egyptian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background The coronavirus disease 2019, also known as COVID-19, imposed various
challenges to healthcare and became a pandemic accompanied by a high rate of mortality …

Predictive value of admission D-dimer levels in patient with acute ischaemic stroke and COVID-19: a second-wave prospective cohort study

A Rasyid, S Harris, M Kurniawan, T Mesiano… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of admission D-dimer levels for
in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19 and acute ischaemic stroke. Design Cohort …

Utility of D‐dimer in predicting pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID‐19 presenting to the emergency department

NM Lemon, LK Taylor, MA Rech… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives While our understanding of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has evolved,
uncertainty remains regarding utility of previously established pulmonary embolism (PE) …