Table 6

Immunoturbidimetric D-dimer assay in detection of DVT or PE

Number of patients% Sensitivity% Specificity% PPV% NPVCut offRef
See footnotes to table 2.
DVT, deep vein thrombosis; NPV, negative predictive value; PE, pulmonary embolism; PPV, positive predictive value.
1838957219866Veitl et al (1996)29
128 (DVT)98 (DVT)44 (DVT)Knecht et al (1997)21
26 (PE)100 (PE)50 (PE)