Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comment
. 2020 Oct;69(8):414-416.
doi: 10.12788/jfp.0086.

PURL: Ruling out PE in pregnancy

Jennifer Svarverud  1 , Pamela Hughes  1
Affiliations
Comment

PURL: Ruling out PE in pregnancy

Jennifer Svarverud et al. J Fam Pract. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

Can clinical probability and a high-sensitivity D-dimer test reliably and safely rule out pulmonary embolism during pregnancy?

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment on

References

    1. Righini M, Robert-Ebadi H, Elias A, et al. Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism during pregnancy. A multicenter prospective management outcome study. Ann Intern Med. 2018;169:766–773. - PubMed
    1. Knight M, Kenyon S, Brocklehurst P, et al. Saving lives, improving mothers’ care: lessons learned to inform future maternity care from the UK and Ireland confidential enquiries into maternal deaths and morbidity 2009-2012. Oxford: National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford; 2014.
    1. Bourjeily G, Paidas M, Khalil H, et al. Pulmonary embolism in pregnancy. Lancet. 2010;375:500–512. - PubMed
    1. Leung AN, Bull TM, Jaeschke R, et al. An official American Thoracic Society/Society of Thoracic Radiology clinical practice guideline: evaluation of suspected pulmonary embolism in pregnancy. Am J Resp Crit Care Med. 2011;184:1200–1208. - PubMed
    1. Konstantinides SV, Meyer G, Becattini C, et al. 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism developed in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society (ERS). Eur Heart J. 2020;41:543–603. - PubMed

Publication types

Substances