Assessment of using fingerstick blood sample with i-STAT point-of-care device for cardiac troponin i assay

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1236-1239

  Loewenstein, Devin ^a   Stake, Christine ^b   Cichon, Mark ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; I-STAT 1 DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN PUNCTURE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84881167978     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.04.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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