Do You Need a D.Dimer Test for Pulmonary Embolism?

Harrison's pod class is brought to you by McGraw Hill's Access Medicine, the online medical resource that delivers the latest trusted content from the best minds in medicine. In carefully selected outpatient with suspected pulmonary embolism, a D.Dimer test may be useful in that a negative D.V.T or P.E. can rule outmonary embolism. The test should not be used in patients with underlying diseases or underlying conditions that make it likely they have a baseline elevated D.Drim.