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September 01, 2002; Volume 69,Issue 9
Deitcher, Steven R.
- You have accessAdvances in diagnosing and excluding pulmonary embolism: Spiral CT and D-dimer measurementTeresa L. Carman, MD and Steven R. Deitcher, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2002, 69 (9) 721-729;
No test is 100% sensitive and specific for pulmonary embolism. The best approach still depends on the pretest probability and, thus, on clinical judgment.