Pre- and post-test probabilities of venous thromboembolism and diagnostic accuracy of D-dimer, estimated by European clinicians working in emergency departments

Affiliations

• ¹ Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Haukeland University Hospital, Helse Bergen, Norway; Norwegian Quality Improvement of Laboratory Examinations (Noklus), Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital, Bergen, Norway. Electronic address: ann.kristoffersen@helse-bergen.no.
• ² Central Laboratory, Jósa University Hospital, Nyíregyháza, Hungary.
• ³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
• ⁴ Laboratory Medicine, Hospital dell'Angelo, Venice, Italy.
• ⁵ External Quality Assurance Unit, Department of Epidemiology, National Health Institute Dr Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal.
• ⁶ Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Halland Hospital, Halmstad, Sweden.
• ⁷ Clinical Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics, Clinical Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia; Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
• ⁸ Department of Medical Biochemistry, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
• ⁹ Laboratoire de Biologie Polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier La Chartreuse, Avenue Caylet, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France.
• ¹⁰ ECAT Foundation, Voorschoten, The Netherlands.
• ¹¹ Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Haukeland University Hospital, Helse Bergen, Norway; Norwegian Quality Improvement of Laboratory Examinations (Noklus), Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.