After Alexanderâs death his Empire was divided among his four generals (known in Latin as the Diadochi, the name by which they are still referenced, from the Greek, Diadokhoi, meaning successors): Lysimachus, Cassander, Ptolemy and Seleucus.
It is generally recognized that POCT is more expensive on a unit cost basis than central laboratory testing. In the case of the Biosite D-dimer, the unit cost, including reagents, labor, quality control, and calibration, is approximately $23.92 per test. The VIDAS D-dimer cost is approximately $20.92 per test, including labor, supplies, and specimen processing.
Serum D-dimer is elevated in several chest emergencies, including Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) and Acute Aortic Dissection (AAD). Because of its simplicity and easy availability its use beyond the exclusion of VTE has grown in recent years.