1.
Emerg Med Australas
; 31(1): 144-145, 2019 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30635973
Subject(s)
Lead Poisoning/etiology , Opium Dependence/complications , Abdominal Pain/etiology , Administration, Inhalation , Adult , Constipation/etiology , Humans , Lead/analysis , Lead/blood , Lead Poisoning/blood , Male , Opium/administration & dosage , Opium/adverse effects , Opium Dependence/blood
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Intern Med J
; 48(4): 465-468, 2018 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29623992
ABSTRACT
This retrospective cohort study compared the diagnostic utility (sensitivity, specificity and negative predictive value (NPV)) of the age-times-10 adjusted d-dimer cut-off used in combination with the original and simplified Well's pulmonary embolism (PE) scores and the original and simplified revised Geneva scores to identify patients in whom PE is classified as unlikely according to each score. The PE risk scores performed similarly with high sensitivity (97.6, 97.1, 96.9 and 97.1% respectively) and NPV (99.3, 99.3, 99.2 and 99.2% respectively). Each missed only one PE. The age-times-10 age-adjusted d-dimer assay cut-off performed similarly with each of the clinical risk scores tested with high sensitivity and NPV.
Subject(s)
Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products/metabolism , Pulmonary Embolism/blood , Pulmonary Embolism/diagnosis , Age Factors , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Biomarkers/blood , Cohort Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Retrospective Studies , Risk Factors
3.
Emerg Med Australas
; 29(5): 601-602, 2017 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28759946