Novel screening criteria for post‐traumatic venous thromboembolism by using D‐dimer

Because severe trauma patients frequently manifest coagulopathy, it is extremely important to detect venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the acute phase. However, no reference value for D‐dimer in post‐traumatic VTE has been reported given the substantial increase in its levels after injury. Therefore, this study evaluates the ability of our screening criteria using D‐dimer to detect VTE in severe trauma patients