Assessment of the Utilization of Validated Diagnostic Predictive Tools and D-Dimer in the Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study from a Public Hospital in New York City.
Amrin KhawrawalaJiyoung SeoDiego BarzalloGabriel Hernandez RomeroYunus Emre DemirhanGustavo J DuarteCharan Thej Reddy VegivintiManuel Hache-MarlierePrasanth BalasubramanianHeitor Tavares SantosSanjana NagrajMajd Al Deen AlhuarratDimitrios KaramanisDimitrios VarriasLeonidas PalaiodimosPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
All three validated diagnostic predictive tools were found to have significant diagnostic value in ruling out PE when combined with a D-dimer cut-off of <500 ng/mL or the age-adjusted cut-off. Excessive use of CTPA was likely secondary to suboptimal use of diagnostic predictive tools.