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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0864-0289</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Hematología, Inmunología y Hemoterapia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-0289</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0864-02892020000400004</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Utilidad diagnóstica del dímero D cuantitativo]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Diagnostic usefulness of quantitative D-dimer]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Miguel Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maydelin]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Agramonte Llanes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Olga M.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tamayo Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yadira]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Hematología e Inmunología  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-02892020000400004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-02892020000400004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-02892020000400004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: El dímero D es un marcador de la generación de trombina y plasmina. Constituye el producto final de la degradación de un trombo rico en fibrina mediada por la acción secuencial de 3 enzimas: trombina, factor FXIIIa y plasmina. Las pruebas disponibles en la actualidad para el diagnóstico del dímero D son variadas y no son uniformes.  Objetivo:  Analizar las evidencias disponibles sobre la utilidad de diferentes pruebas rápidas de dímero D.  Métodos: Se realizó una revisión de la literatura de los últimos diez años, en inglés y español, utilizando motores de búsqueda como Google Académico y Pubmed que permitió el acceso a artículos relacionados en revistas arbitradas. Se agrupó y organizó información sobre las posibles utilidades del dímero D.  Desarrollo:  La determinación en el laboratorio del dímero D, se usa como prueba rápida y sencilla, posee un lugar definido en los algoritmos de exclusión de la enfermedad tromboembólica venosa, en el diagnóstico de coagulación intravascular diseminada y con aplicación en la predicción de la recidiva de trombosis venosa profunda, en los últimos años. Existen diversos ensayos para la determinación de la concentración plasmática de dímero D que utilizan distintas metodologías, diferentes anticuerpos y sensibilidades.  Conclusiones:  La determinación de dímero D por los métodos cuantitativos en pacientes con trastornos trombóticos es muy importante para determinar su sensibilidad, y fundamentar el desarrollo del algoritmo diagnóstico de las mencionadas entidades.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  D-dimer is a marker of thrombin and plasmin generation. It is the final product of the degradation of a fibrin-rich thrombus mediated by the sequential action of three enzymes: thrombin, factor XIIIa and plasmin. The tests currently available for D-dimer diagnosis are varied and not uniform.  Objective:  Analyze the evidence available about the usefulness of a number of D-dimer rapid tests.  Methods:  A review was conducted of the literature published in English and Spanish in the last ten years, using search engines such as Google Scholar and PubMed, which allowed access to papers about the topic in peer-reviewed journals. Data about the possible uses of D-dimer were grouped and organized.  Discussion:  Laboratory D-dimer determination is a rapid and simple test that has occupied a definite place in the exclusion algorithms for venous thromboembolic disease, the diagnosis of disseminated intravascular coagulation, and the prediction of deep venous thrombosis recurrence in recent years. A number of assays are available to determine D-dimer plasma concentration. These are based on different methodologies, antibodies and sensitivity values.  Conclusions:  D-dimer determination by quantitative methods is very important in patients with thrombotic disorders to determine their sensitivity and substantiate the development of the diagnostic algorithm for the aforementioned conditions.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dímero D]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[trombosis venosa profunda]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tromboembolismo pulmonar]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[D-dimer]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[deep venous thrombosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pulmonary thromboembolism]]></kwd>
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