Simple and safe exclusion of pulmonary embolism using quantitative D-dimer and Wells simplified decision rule.
Completed
- Conditions
- Clinically suspected pulmonary embolism.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25993
- Lead Sponsor
- /A
- Brief Summary
Thromb Haemost. 2007 Jan;97(1):146-50.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 879
Inclusion Criteria
Outpatients with clinically suspected PE.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Anticoagulant therapy for more than 24 hours;
2. aged under 18 years;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patients, in whom pulmonary embolism was excluded, were followed up for 3 months to document the occurrence of venous thromboembolic events or death.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method