Randomised controlled trial of the Limit of Detection of Troponin and ECG Discharge (LoDED) strategy versus usual care in adult patients with chest pain attending the emergency department: Study protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2018, Pages

  Carlton, Edward ^a   Campbell, Sarah ^b   Ingram, Jenny ^c   Kandiyali, Rebecca ^c   Taylor, Hazel ^d   Aziz, Shahid ^a   Beresford, Peter ^a   Kendall, Jason ^a   Reuben, Adam ^e   Smith, Jason ^f   Vickery, Patricia Jane ^b   Benger, Jonathan Richard ^g  

^a NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiology; clinical chemistry; health economics; ischaemic heart disease; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN;

BLOOD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRAGMATIC CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TROPONIN;

EID: 85054431108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025339     Document Type: Article

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