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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

INTRODUCTION: Observational data suggest a single high-sensitivity troponin blood test taken at emergency department (ED) presentation could be used to rule out major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in 10%–60% of ED patients with chest pain. This is done using an ‘undetectable’ cut-off (the Limit of D...

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Autores principales: Carlton, Edward, Campbell, Sarah, Ingram, Jenny, Kandiyali, Rebecca, Taylor, Hazel, Aziz, Shahid, Beresford, Peter, Kendall, Jason, Reuben, Adam, Smith, Jason, Vickery, Patricia Jane, Benger, Jonathan Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6169748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30282688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025339