Effect of a High-Sensitivity Troponin I and Associated Diagnostic Protocol on Emergency Department Length of Stay: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Effect of a High-Sensitivity Troponin I and Associated Diagnostic Protocol on Emergency Department Length of Stay: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Background: The objective of this study was to assess the introduction of a high-sensitivity troponin I (hs-TnI) assay and its associated accelerated protocol on emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) for patients presenting with chest pain, compared to an accelerated diagnostic protocol usi...

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Main Authors:	Jesse Hill, MD, MSc, Esther H. Yang, BSc, MSc, Dennis Lefebvre, MD, PhD, Shandra Doran, MD, PhD, Michelle Graham, MD, FRCPC, Sean van Diepen, MD, FRCPC, Joshua E. Raizman, PhD, Albert K.Y. Tsui, PhD, Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:	CJC Open
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X23002512

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