D-dimers, PE studies, and covid

I understand that it’s very common for a patient who tests positive for covid to have a high d-dimer value. The facility I’m currently working in orders CT PE studies on all of these patients. (I have yet to see a positive scan, but that’s besides the point.) My question is, is it reasonable to suspect a PE in a covid positive patient just because their d-dimer is elevated? Or am I correct in thinking that the elevated d-dimer stems from the covid infection but does not indicate an increased risk for PE?

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AI for radiology - A survey

Hello folks! We are a group of students from Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University (Sweden). We are conducting a short survey (it should not take more than 10 minutes of your time) to evaluate an Artificial Intelligence framework for evaluating medical imaging and, in particular, the effect that explainability can have on clinicians' attitudes toward it. We welcome anyone who interacts with medical imaging to take our survey, so please, feel free to do it even if you are still a student or an intern! If you know someone who works in the field, please, pass them the survey. It would help us greatly. https://bit.ly/RTEX_survey Thanks in advance to all of you! submitted by /u/francozzz [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/Radiology/comments/r2ratp/ai_for_radiology_a_survey/

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