The Randomised Assessment of Treatment using Panel Assay of Cardiac Markers (RATPAC) trial: A randomised controlled trial of point-of-care cardiac markers in the emergency department

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-196

  Goodacre, Steve W ^a   Bradburn, Mike ^a   Cross, Elizabeth ^a   Collinson, Paul ^b   Gray, Alasdair ^c   Hall, Alistair S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE MB; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOGLOBIN; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SCOTLAND; TROPONIN I;

EID: 78651230541     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.203166     Document Type: Article

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