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D-dimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Explains how D-dimer is used; when D-dimer is used; what the results of D-dimer might mean ... D-dimer tests are ordered, along with other laboratory tests and imaging scans, to help rule out, diagnose, and monitor diseases and conditions that cause hypercoagulability, a tendency to clot inappropriately.
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Why get the D-dimer test, which tests for thrombotic diseases and conditions; when to get D-dimer for thrombotic diseases and conditions ... Also known as: Fragment D-dimer; Fibrin degradation fragment...
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The d-Dimer test, which is used to rule out blood clots, is explained in this ClotCare posting. ... This question has both a simple and a complex answer. The simple answer is that the d-Dimer test is a blood test used to rule out active blood clot formation. If you have a negative (normal) d-Dimer result, that nearly rules...
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Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- Evaluation of D-Dimer in the Diagnosis of Suspected Deep-Vein Thrombosis ... Evaluation of D-Dimer in the Diagnosis of Suspected Deep-Vein Thrombosi...
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Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- D-Dimer Testing to Determine the Duration of Anticoagulation Therapy ... D-Dimer Testing to Determine the Duration of Anticoagulation Therap...
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BACKGROUND: Several diagnostic strategies using ultrasound imaging, measurement of D-dimer, and assessment of clinical probability of disease have proved safe in patients with suspected deep-vein thrombosis, but they have not been compared in randomized trials.
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For a patient with a first spontaneous VTE, the authors suggest that a D-dimer level of <250 ng/mL (measured 3 weeks after stopping anticoagulation therapy) signals low risk for recurrence, lack of need to screen extensively for thrombophilic risk factors, and, by implication, lack of need for prolonged anticoagulation.
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Fibrin(ogen) degradation product (FDP) and D-dimer levels were evaluated in 168 liver cirrhosis (LC) patients without evidence of bleeding. ... In the patients with elevated FDP and/or D-dimer levels the mean values of platelets, prothrombin activity and fibrinogen were not significantly different from those of the...
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