Nature

How common is Alzheimer’s? Blood-test study holds surprises

A survey of Alzheimer’s disease prevalence in Norway confirms earlier estimates and might show how education level relates to ...
SciELO

Diagnostic Value of D-Dimer and INR in Patients Suspected to Have Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction

Introduction: Prosthetic valve dysfunction is a potentially critical complication of heart valve replacement. An easy and quickly applicable diagnostic procedure is required for recognizing the ...
Medscape

D-Dimer Alone May Miss Thromboembolism in Pregnancy

Overreliance on D-dimer testing and similarity to other conditions may mean pulmonary embolism or venous thromboembolism is ...
BMJ

Ability of plasma-based or serum-based assays of D-dimer and FDP for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection: protocol for a prospective single-centre, parallel comparative study

Introduction Several studies have evaluated the diagnostic values of D-dimer and fibrin degradation product (FDP) for detecting periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), but their conclusions have been ...
SciELO

Use of the D test method to detect inducible clindamycin resistance in coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS)

According to the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS, 2004), a method to evaluate the inducible clindamycin resistance in accordance with an approach of the disks of ...