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D-Dimer Test

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steppingcarefully · 08/11/2024 06:44

Does anyone know why the range for a D-Dimer test when searching online says up to 500ng/ml but on the test result I have received the range is up to 226ng/ml so anything above that is considered high?

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Destiny123 · 08/11/2024 06:48

Every Trust is different you'll have to ask the hosp that ran the test (baring in mind it's a pretty useless test, if its neg that's great no clot, but there's a trillion things that aren't clots that also elevate it

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steppingcarefully · 08/11/2024 07:18

Destiny123 · 08/11/2024 06:48

Every Trust is different you'll have to ask the hosp that ran the test (baring in mind it's a pretty useless test, if its neg that's great no clot, but there's a trillion things that aren't clots that also elevate it

Thank you. I have seen that other things can raise it. I don't understand how the range can be so different though. Does that mean one hospital would investigate a reading of say 250 further but another hospital wouldn't?

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Destiny123 · 11/11/2024 20:15

steppingcarefully · 08/11/2024 07:18

Thank you. I have seen that other things can raise it. I don't understand how the range can be so different though. Does that mean one hospital would investigate a reading of say 250 further but another hospital wouldn't?

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Depends on lab assays (sorry not a lab tech so no clue on the specifics), if it's significantly high by the range the lab uses, then it needs investigating

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