Use of clinically based troponin underestimates the cardiac injury in non-cardiac surgery: A single-centre cohort study in 51,701 consecutive patients

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1013-1022

  Beattie, W Scott ^a,c   Karkouti, Keyvan ^a,c,d   Tait, Gordon ^a   Steel, Andrew ^a   Yip, Paul ^a,b   McCluskey, Stuart ^a   Farkouh, Michael ^c   Wijeysundera, Duminda N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84871199977     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-012-9782-9     Document Type: Article

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