2014
Spleen volume and clinical disease manifestations of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in African children
Kotlyar S, Nteziyaremye J, Olupot-Olupot P, Akech SO, Moore CL, Maitland K. Spleen volume and clinical disease manifestations of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in African children. Transactions Of The Royal Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2014, 108: 283-289. PMID: 24639372, PMCID: PMC5693319, DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere malarial anemiaTotal body surface areaCerebral malariaPlasmodium falciparum malariaSpleen volumeFalciparum malariaSevere malariaZ-scoreDisease manifestationsSevere P. falciparum malariaSevere Plasmodium falciparum malariaAfrican childrenProspective observational studyP. falciparum malariaSevere disease manifestationsClinical disease manifestationsBody surface areaMalarial anemiaSpleen enlargementClinical manifestationsSMA groupSplenic sequestrationHealthy controlsObservational studyCM group
2009
Potential Impact of Adjusting the Threshold of the Quantitative D‐dimer Based on Pretest Probability of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Kabrhel C, Courtney D, Camargo CA, Moore CL, Richman PB, Plewa MC, Nordenholtz KE, Smithline HA, Beam DM, Brown MD, Kline JA. Potential Impact of Adjusting the Threshold of the Quantitative D‐dimer Based on Pretest Probability of Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Academic Emergency Medicine 2009, 16: 325-332. PMID: 19298619, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00368.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative predictive valuePulmonary embolismD-dimer testingQuantitative D-dimerPretest probabilityD-dimerVenous thromboembolismQuantitative D-dimer testingPossible pulmonary embolismAcute pulmonary embolismObservational multicenter studyMajority of patientsEmergency department patientsIntermediate pretest probabilityEmergency medicine cliniciansD-dimer cutoffHigh pretest probabilityDifferent D-dimer assaysD-dimer assayEligible patientsDepartment patientsMulticenter studyMedicine cliniciansUnstructured estimatePatients