Etiology of troponin elevation in critically ill patients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 322-328

  Lim, Wendy ^a,b   Whitlock, Richard ^a,c   Khera, Vikas ^a,b   Devereaux, Philip J ^a,c   Tkaczyk, Andrea ^b   Heels Ansdell, Diane ^a,c   Jacka, Michael ^d   Cook, Deborah ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Etiology; Intensive care unit; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PROTEIN DISORDER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN;

EID: 77953286320     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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