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<journal-id>0186-4866</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina interna de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. interna Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0186-4866</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Edición y Farmacia S.A. de C.V.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0186-48662018000500008</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24245/mim.v34i5.1835</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Regla de predicción PERC y dímero D ajustado por edad: dos nuevas estrategias en el diagnóstico de embolia pulmonar aguda]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[PERC prediction rule and D-dimer adjusted for age: two new strategies in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism.]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Salazar-Arenas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge A]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Agreda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diana]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pulido-Arenas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Celis-Preciado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Andrés]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontificia Universidad Javeriana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontificia Universidad Javeriana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontificia Universidad Javeriana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>34</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>715</fpage>
<lpage>729</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0186-48662018000500008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0186-48662018000500008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0186-48662018000500008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La embolia pulmonar es una enfermedad de alta incidencia a pesar del subdiagnóstico y acarrea alto riesgo de morbilidad y mortalidad. Las herramientas preprueba actuales (clínica, escalas de probabilidad y dímero D) han permitido optimizar la precisión diagnóstica con miras a seleccionar al subgrupo de pacientes que obtendrán el mayor beneficio de la práctica de una angiotomografía para establecer el diagnóstico de embolia pulmonar. Este artículo revisa críticamente la evidencia publicada de la escala de predicción clínica PERC y el ajuste del dímero D por edad para el diagnóstico de embolia pulmonar aguda. Se hizo una revisión estructurada de la bibliografía médica en las bases de datos PubMed, TripDatabase y Epistemonikos. La búsqueda se limitó a metanálisis, estudios aleatorios, estudios de cohorte y guías de manejo, sin límites en idioma o fecha de publicación, utilizando los términos MESH d-dimer, pulmonary embolism, diagnosis y Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria. Se hizo la lectura del título y el resumen de 1512 referencias de las que se seleccionaron 50 que fueron representativas para el tema de esta revisión; después de una clasificación y extracción de los datos se procedió a la redacción del texto. La escala PERC y el dímero D ajustado por edad son estrategias recomendadas en el abordaje diagnóstico del paciente con embolia pulmonar.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Pulmonary embolism is a high incidence disease despite underdiagnosis and carries a high risk of morbidity and mortality. The current pre-test tools (clinical, probability scales and D-dimer) have allowed to optimize the diagnostic accuracy, since it is problematic to select the subgroup of patients who will obtain a greater benefit from the practice of an angiotomography to establish the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. This paper reviews critically the published evidence on the PERC scale and the adjusting of the D-dimer with age for the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism. As structured review of the medical literature on PubMed, Tripdatabase and Epistemonikos databases was made. Search was limited to meta-analysis, randomized studies, cohort studies, review articles and treatment guidelines without limits on language or date of publication, using MESH terms: d-dimer, pulmonary embolism, diagnosis. It was performed the reading of the title and abstract of 1512 references of which 50 were selected as representative for the subject of this review. We wrote the manuscript after classification and data extraction. The use of the PERC scale and age-adjusted D-dimer are recommended in the diagnostic approach of the patient with pulmonary embolism.]]></p></abstract>
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