In some U.S. emergency departments (EDs), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0/1-hour troponin algorithm has shown uniquely poor performance ruling out cardiac events in patients presenting with ...
“Both the high safety standard and the risk [that] missed ACS poses to patients and clinicians contribute to over-testing, which exposes patients to costs and iatrogenic harm while contributing to ED ...
August 13, 2012 (Basel, Switzerland) — Swiss researchers have published more details about what they say is a simple algorithm employing high-sensitivity (hs) cardiac troponin T that can safely rule ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A point-of-care troponin test could reduce time patients with a heart attack spend in the ED by nearly 45 ...
A point-of-care (POC) high-sensitivity assay for cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) shows diagnostic accuracy comparable to what’s achieved by central laboratory assays and could potentially be a useful ...