Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Capnometry in suspected pulmonary embolism with positive D-dimer in the field. | Available online http content 13 6 R196 Research Capnometry in suspected pulmonary embolism with positive D-dimer in the field Tadeja Hernja Rumpf1 Miljenko Krizmaric2 and Stefek Grmec2 3 4 5 Open Access University Clinical Centre Maribor Ljubljanska 5 2000 Maribor Slovenia 2Faculty of Health Sciences University of Maribor zitna ulica 15 2000 Maribor Slovenia 3Centre for Emergency Medicine Maribor Ulica talcev 9 2000 Maribor Slovenia 4Faculty of Medicine University of Ljubljana Vrazov trg 2 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia 5Faculty of Medicine University of Maribor Slomskov trg 15 2000 Maribor Slovenia Corresponding author Stefek Grmec grmec-mis@ Received 20 Jul 2009 Revisions requested 29 Sep 2009 Revisions received 14 Oct 2009 Accepted 8 Dec 2009 Published 8 Dec 2009 Critical Care 2009 13 R196 doi cc8197 This article is online at http content 13 6 R1 96 2009 Rumpf et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Pulmonary embolism PE is one of the greatest diagnostic challenges in prehospital emergency setting. Most patients with suspected PE have a positive D-dimer and undergo diagnostic testing. Excluding PE with additional non-invasive tests would reduce the need for further imaging tests. We aimed to determine the effectiveness of combination of clinical probability and end-tidal carbon dioxide PetCO2 for evaluation of suspected PE with abnormal concentrations of D-dimer in prehospital emergency setting. Methods We assessed clinical probability of PE and PetCO2 measurement in 100 consecutive patients with suspected PE and positive D-dimer in the field. PetCO2 28 mmHg was considered as the best cut-off point. PE was excluded or confirmed by hospital physicians
