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D-dimer test

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D-dimer test,
a simple and confirmatory test for disseminated intravascular coagulation that can also indicate when a clot is lysed by thrombolytic therapy. The fragment D-dimer assesses both thrombin and plasmin activity.

d-dimer test
Lab medicine A test that detects FDPs using latex beads coated with monoclonal antibodies to the d-dimer of fibrinogen. See Deep vein thrombosis, Fibrin split products.


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According to the study protocol, and as described elsewhere (17), preliminary consent was obtained from all patients who were admitted with clinical suspicion of acute PE and/or a positive D-dimer test, and blood was drawn immediately for measurement of baseline (admission) biomarker levels before further diagnostic workup.
recently was told by the Food and Drag Administration that its developed Triage D-Dimer Test to detect life-threatening blood clots has been cleared for marketing.
14) Serial testing has been found to be unnecessary for patients in the low-probability group who have a negative D-dimer test or a negative compression ultrasound.
 
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