Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy: Are Biomarkers and Clinical Predictive Models Useful?

• Main Authors: Barbara V. Parilla (Author), Rachel Fournogerakis (Author), Amy Archer (Author), Suela Sulo (Author), Lisa Laurent (Author), Patricia Lee (Author), Benazir Chhotani (Author), Kathleen Hesse (Author), Erik Kulstad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate whether trimester-specific D-dimer levels or the modified Wells score (MWS) is a useful risk stratification tool to exclude pregnant women at low risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) from diagnostic imaging. Study Design This is a prospective...