Combination of D-dimer and simplified pulmonary embolism severity index to improve prediction of hospital death in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

Objective To investigate whether the combination of D-dimer and simplified pulmonary embolism severity index (sPESI) could improve prediction of in-hospital death from pulmonary embolism (PE). Methods Patients with PE (n = 272) were divided into a surviving group (n = 249) and an in-hospital death g...

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Main Authors: Hai-Di Wu, Zi-Kai Song, Xiao-Yan Xu, Hong-Yan Cao, Qi Wei, Jun-Feng Wang, Xue Zhang, Xing-Wen Wang, Ling Qin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of International Medical Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0300060520962291