Elevated cardiac troponin levels in critically ill patients: Prevalence, incidence, and outcomes

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-289

  Lim, Wendy ^a   Cook, Deborah J ^a   Griffith, Lauren E ^a   Crowther, Mark A ^a   Devereaux, P J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONTARIO; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I;

EID: 33749079698     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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