The usage patterns of cardiac bedside markers employing point-of-care testing for troponin in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: Results from CRUSADE

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 498-505

  Takakuwa, Kevin M ^a   Ou, Fang Shu ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Pollack Jr , Charles V ^c   Peacock, W Frank ^d   Hoekstra, James W ^e   Ohman, E Magnus ^b   Gibler, W Brian ^f   Blomkalns, Andra L ^f   Roe, Matthew T ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70249083011     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20626     Document Type: Article

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