目的:评价传统和按年龄校正的血浆D二聚体临界值分别联合二分类Wells量表对可疑肺栓塞的除外价值。方法:入选北京大学人民医院2013年9月至2015年1月因胸痛、呼吸困难等症状怀疑肺栓塞的患者335例,其中复选年龄>50岁的患者274例;应用二分类Wells量表进行临床肺栓塞可能性评估,选择Wells量表评分≤4分患者,分别联合血浆D-二聚体传统临界值(500 μg/L)和按年龄校正的临界值(年龄>50岁患者为:年龄×10 μg/L),以CT肺动脉造影为确诊肺栓塞的金标准,比较两种临界值对可疑肺栓塞的除外价值。结果:(1)传统和按年龄校正的血浆D-二聚体临界值分别联合二分类Wells量表诊断肺栓塞的ROC曲线下面积为0.764(95%CI:0.703~0.818)和0.814(95%CI:0.756~0.863),差异无统计学意义(Z=0.05,P =0.121);(2)传统血浆D-二聚体临界值联合二分类Wells量表诊断肺栓塞的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值、阴性预测值、约登指数分别为100%、48.9%、28.8%、100%,0.49;按年龄校正的血浆D-二聚体临界值联合二分类Wells量表诊断肺栓塞的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值、阴性预测值、约登指数分别为97.4%、62.3%、35.5%、99.1%,0.60。与传统临界值相比,按年龄校正的血浆D-二聚体临界值联合二分类Wells量表,诊断肺栓塞的特异性(传统临界值组48.9%,年龄校正临界值组62.3%)明显提高,敏感性(传统临界值组100%,年龄校正临界值组99.1%)无明显降低;(3)222例二分类Wells量表评分≤4分患者中,90例(40.5%)患者血浆D二聚体<传统临界值(500 μg/L),25例(11.3%)患者血浆D-二聚体介于传统临界值(500 μg/L)与年龄校正临界值(年龄×10 μg/L)之间。结论:应用按年龄校正的血浆D-二聚体临界值联合二分类Wells量表可提高50岁以上肺栓塞患者诊断的特异性,未明显降低敏感性,可用于可疑肺栓塞的排除诊断。
Objective: To evaluate the value of conventional and age-adjusted D-dimer cut-off value combined with 2-level Wells score for diagnosis of suspected pulmonary embolism. Methods: In the stu-dy, 335 patients with suspected pulmonary embolism who visited Peking University People’s Hospital were enrolled retrospectively, then 274 patients with age over fifty years were chosen. The 2-level Wells score was applied to evaluate the clinical probability of pulmonary embolism, the diagnostic value of traditional D-dimer cut-off value (500 μg/L) and age adjusted D-dimer cut-off value (age×10 μg/L above 50 years) combined with Wells score no greater than 4 were compared. Computed tomography pulmonary arteriography (CTPA) was considered as the gold standard for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Results: (1)The area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) in analysis of the combination of Wells score no greater than 4 and traditional D-dimer cut-off value was 0.764(95%CI:0.703-0.818). On the other hand, the AUC in a ROC analysisof the combination of Wells Score no greater than 4 and age-adjusted D-dimer cut-off value was 0.814(95%CI:0.756-0.863).These two results did not differ statistically(Z=0.05,P =0.121). (2) The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and Youden index of the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism of the combination of traditional D-dimer cut-off value and 2-level Wells Score were 100%, 48.9%, 28.8%, 100%, and 0.49, respectively. Meanwhile, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and Youden index of the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism of the combination of age-adjusted Ddimer cut-off value and 2-level Wells Score were 97.4%, 62.3%, 35.5% 99.1%, and 0.60, respectively. Compared with using traditional D-dimer cut-off value, using age-adjusted D-dimer cut-off value could improve the diagnosis specificity (traditional D-dimer cut-off value group: 48.9%, age-adjusted D-dimer cut-off value group: 62.3%) of pulmonary embolism without reducing the sensitivity (traditional D-dimer cut-off value group: 100%, age-adjusted D-dimer cut-off value group: 99.1%). (3) Among the 222 patients with Wells Score no greater than 4, 90 patients were with D-dimer less than traditional cut-off value (500 μg/L), and 25 patients (account for 11.3% of all 222 patients) were with D-dimer between traditional cut-off value and age-adjusted cut-off value. Conclusion: The application of age-adjusted D-dimer cut-off value can improve the diagnostic specificity of pulmonary embolism in patients over 50 years, without reducing the sensitivity. It can be used for ruling out suspected pulmonary embolism safely.