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.
Among these, 539 were negative for D-dimers and 465 were positive. Mean age was 74 years (19â99 years) for patients positive for D-dimers, and 48 years (18â93 years) for patients negative for D-dimers ( ). Only 12% of patients aged 70 or above had negative D-dimers. In the group of patients positive for D-dimers, 67 (14%) had a diagnosis of either DVT ( , 3%) or PE ( , 11%).