How well do laboratories follow guidelines on cardiac markers? The cardiac marker guideline uptake in Europe study

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 448-449

  Collinson, Paul ^a   Pulkki, Kari ^b   Suvisaari, Janne ^b   Ravkilde, Jan ^c   Stavljenic Rukavina, Ana ^d   Hammerer Lercher, Angelika ^e   Baum, Hannsjörg ^f   Van Dieijen Visser, Marja P ^g   Laitinen, Paivi H ^h  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^f Kliniken Ludwigsburg Bietigheim   (Germany)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 39749142626     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.097501     Document Type: Letter

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