Last Week in Medicine

D-dimer Adjusted for Clinical Probability of PE, Work Schedules of Hospitalists, Inappropriate Fluoroquinolone Prescribing, Utilization and Outcomes of Lytics in Acute PE

Dec. 2, 2019

Can you get away with a higher d-dimer value in patients with a low pre-test probability for PE?  Does working more days in a row improve patient outcomes?  How often are people inappropriately prescribing fluoroquinolones?  How often are people using systemic lytics vs catheter directed lytics in acute PE, and what are the outcomes?


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