Prospective survey of serial Troponin T requesting in an acute teaching hospital

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 150-153

  Loughrey, Brona V ^a   Spedding, Ruth L ^a   Herity, Niall A ^a   Murphy, J Conleth ^a   Walker, Eileen ^a   Graham, William R ^a   McDonnell, Margaret ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Troponin T usage

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN T;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLAPSE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX PAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHEST PAIN; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN T;

EID: 34547972469     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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