What level of D-dimers can safely exclude pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients presenting to the emergency department?

MP Revel, N Beeker, R Porcher, L Jilet, L Fournier… - European …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives To identify which level of D-dimer would allow the safe exclusion of pulmonary
embolism (PE) in COVID-19 patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) …

A higher D-dimer threshold for predicting pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study

S Ventura-Díaz, JV Quintana-Pérez, A Gil-Boronat… - Emergency …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose COVID-19 raises D-dimer (DD) levels even in the absence of pulmonary embolism
(PE), resulting in an increase in computed tomography pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) …

Pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 and value of D-dimer assessment: a meta-analysis

RM Kwee, HJA Adams, TC Kwee - European radiology, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To investigate, in a meta-analysis, the frequency of pulmonary embolism (PE) in
patients with COVID-19 and whether D-dimer assessment may be useful to select patients …

Routine screening for pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients at the emergency department: impact of D-dimer testing followed by CTPA

DA Korevaar, I Aydemir, MW Minnema, K Azijli… - Journal of Thrombosis …, 2021 - Springer
COVID-19 patients have increased risk of pulmonary embolism (PE), but symptoms of both
conditions overlap. Because screening algorithms for PE in COVID-19 patients are currently …

Pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a multicenter study

S Riyahi, H Dev, A Behzadi, J Kim, H Attari, SI Raza… - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Pulmonary embolism (PE) commonly complicates SARS-CoV-2 infection, but
incidence and mortality reported in single-center studies, along with risk factors, vary …

Diagnostic accuracy of D-dimers for predicting pulmonary embolism in COVID-19-patients

F Laouan Brem, B Asmae, Y Amane… - Clinical and Applied …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Importance Proinflammatory and hypercoagulable states with marked elevation seen in D-
Dimer levels have been accurately described in patients infected by the SARS-Cov2 even …

The impact of COVID‐19 on the sensitivity of D‐dimer for pulmonary embolism

SJ Elberts, R Bateman, A Koutsoubis… - Academic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study seeks to evaluate the test characteristics of D‐dimer for pulmonary
embolism (PE) in patients with a concurrent diagnosis of COVID‐19. We hypothesized that …

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] Pulmonary embolism in patients with Covid-19 pneumonia: the utility of D-dimer

JJ Rodriguez-Sevilla, A Rodó-Pin… - Archivos de …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
D-dimer levels are increased in pulmonary embolism (PE) but also in many other conditions
including inflammation, cancer, pregnancy, trauma, and sepsis. 1 D-dimer is a useful rule …

Elderly population with COVID-19 and the accuracy of clinical scales and D-dimer for pulmonary embolism: the OCTA-COVID study

M Quezada-Feijoo, M Ramos… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Elderly COVID-19 patients have a high risk of pulmonary embolism (PE), but
factors that predict PE are unknown in this population. This study assessed the Wells and …