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Table 3 Predictive ability of D-dimer levels associated with isolated non-severe injury and isolated injury in extended population

From: Serum D-dimer level as a biomarker for identifying patients with isolated injury to prevent unnecessary whole-body computed tomography in blunt trauma care

D-dimer ≤2.5 μg/mL

Isolated non-severe injury

Isolated injury in extended population

Sensitivity (%)

37.7

35.4

Specificity (%)

98.8

98.3

Positive predictive value (%)

98.7

98.0

Negative predictive value (%)

40.1

39.9