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Diagnostic Accuracy of D-Dimer Testing and the Revised Geneva Score in the Prediction of Pulmonary Embolism.

Mostafa A AbolfotouhKhaled AlmadaniMohammed A Al Rowaily
Published in: International journal of general medicine (2020)
Conventional and age-adjusted D-dimer tests showed high levels of agreement in the prediction of PE, high sensitivity, and low specificity. RGS has a good performance in PE prediction. Using the revised Geneva score alone rules out PE for more than one-half of all suspected without further imaging.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary embolism
  • inferior vena cava
  • photodynamic therapy