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Role of D-Dimer testing in venous thromboembolism with concomitant renal insufficiency in critical care

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    1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 10, 3010, Bern, Switzerland

      Carmen A. Pfortmueller

    2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Hirslanden Klinik am Park, Zurich, Switzerland

      Gregor Lindner

    3. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for COPD and Respiratory Epidemiology, Otto Wagner Hospital, Vienna, Austria

      Georg-Christian Funk

    4. Inselspital, Center for Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

      Alexander B. Leichtle & Georg M. Fiedler

    5. Department of Internal Medicine, Landeskrankenhaus Steyr, Steyr, Austria

      Christoph Schwarz

    6. Department of Emergency Medicine, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

      Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos

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    Pfortmueller, C.A., Lindner, G., Funk, GC. et al. Role of D-Dimer testing in venous thromboembolism with concomitant renal insufficiency in critical care. Intensive Care Med 43, 470–471 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4646-3

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