An optimized D-dimer cut-off value to predict pulmonary thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients.

ABSTRACT: Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is a common complication in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Elevated D-dimer levels are observed even in the absence of PTE, reducing its discriminative ability as a screening test. It is unknown whether conventional D-dimer cut-off values, as used in the YEARS algorithm, apply to COVID-19 patients. This study aimed to determine the optimal D-dimer cut-off value to predict PTE in COVID-19 patients. All confirmed COVID-19 patients with a computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) performed ≤5 days after admission due to suspicion of PTE between March 2020 and February 2021, at Medisch Spectrum Twente, The Netherlands, were retrospectively analyzed. The association between PTE and D-dimer levels prior to CTPA, and other potential predictors

SUBMITTER: Engels SYH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10713327 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature