Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 144-152 , February 2002

Criteria for the safe use of D -dimer testing in emergency department patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: A multicenter us study

  • Jeffrey A. Kline, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
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  • R.Darrell Nelson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
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  • Raymond E. Jackson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.
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  • D.Mark Courtney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC

Received 14 May 2001 ,Revised 10 October 2001 ,Accepted 30 October 2001.

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☆ Dr. Courtney is now affiliated with the Division of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.

☆☆ Author contributions are provided at the end of this article.

★ Supported in part by the Established Investigator Award from the Emergency Medicine Foundation.

★★ Address for reprints: Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, Emergency Medicine Clinical Research, PO Box 32861, Charlotte, NC 28323-2861;,704-355-7092, fax 704-355-7047.

PII: S0196-0644(02)86173-X

doi: 10.1067/mem.2002.121398

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 144-152 , February 2002

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