TY - JOUR T1 - Lack of evidence to support use of D-dimer in pregnant women with a suspicion of pulmonary embolism JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 501 LP - 501 DO - 10.1136/emermed-2014-204527 VL - 32 IS - 6 AU - Mathilde Nijkeuter Y1 - 2015/06/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/32/6/501.1.abstract N2 - Dear Editor,The authors1 state that current evidence supports the use of a negative D-dimer to rule out a suspicion of pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnancy. They show in table 2 five relevant studies to support their conclusion. However, the study of Damodaram2 was the only study that included patients with … ER -