A 59-year-old man with dyspnea and chest pain is low probability for PE and PERC negative. Another clinician orders age-adjusted D-dimer. What do guid...

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A 59-year-old man with dyspnea and chest pain is low probability for PE and PERC negative. Another clinician orders age-adjusted D-dimer. What do guidelines suggest?

Accepted Answer

PERC negative obviates D-dimer testing in low-risk patients

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Age-adjusted D-dimer is required even if PERC negative

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Proceed directly to CT pulmonary angiography

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Use Wells score only

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Admit for serial troponins

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A 59-year-old man with dyspnea and chest pain is low probability for PE and PERC negative. Another clinician orders age-adjusted D-dimer. What do guidelines suggest?