Predictive value of a rapid semiquantitative D-dimer assay in critically ill patients with suspected venous thromboembolic disease

Medicine & Life Sciences

• fibrin fragment D 100%
• Critical Illness 78%
• Venous Thrombosis 24%
• Intensive Care Units 21%
• Sepsis 20%
• Pulmonary Embolism 16%
• Lower Extremity 13%
• Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome 10%
• Urban Hospitals 9%
• Septic Shock 8%
• Immunoenzyme Techniques 8%
• Hospital Mortality 8%
• Teaching Hospitals 7%
• Critical Care 7%
• Catheters 6%
• Thrombosis 6%
• Medicine 6%
• Thorax 5%
• Health Care Outcome Assessment 5%
• Physicians 5%