D-Dimer Combined with Fibrinogen Predicts the Risk of Venous Thrombosis in Fracture Patients.

Chaohui LinYifan ChenBin ChenKe ZhengXiongbiao LuoFengfei Lin

Published in: Emergency medicine international (2020)

Fibrinogen is a promising strategy for the diagnosis of subclinical VTE and postoperative VTE. In particular, a combination of D-dimer and fibrinogen can improve the PPV to successfully diagnose VTE in traumatic fracture patients who are more than 60 years old. Levels of Evidence. This assay is a diagnostic test at level II.

Keyphrases

venous thromboembolism
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