Clinical utility of D-dimer to rule out PE in the first trimester of pregnancy
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Report By: Portia Joyce-Tubb - Final Year Medical Student
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Search checked by Dr Alison Robinson - Emergency Physician
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Institution: University of Adelaide
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Date Submitted: 22nd September 2020
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Last Modified: 22nd September 2020
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Status: Red (incomplete)
Three Part Question
In [a clinically well pregnant patient in the first trimester with a suspected Pulmonary Embolism] is [a negative D-dimer sensitive enough] to [exclude Pulmonary Embolism]