Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with d-Dimer Adjusted to Clinical Probability

Well-presented Canadian prospective study juxtaposing a combination of Wells scoring and dimers to the imaging gold standard.

It was particularly fascinating to read the referenced assertion that:

…..the prevalence of pulmonary embolism among patients who undergo diagnostic testing is substantially higher in Europe than in North America.. (Penultimate paragraph): We wonder what would be the robust causes of such disparity……..