title: The use of D-dimer in emergency room patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis: a test whose time has come.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Oswald
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Stouffer
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014463:Ultrasonography; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products; C036309:fibrin fragment D