Pulmonary embolism in COVID-19: D-dimer threshold selection should not be based on maximising Youden's index.

Eur Respir J

Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Published: February 2021

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