Clinical chemistry score misses fewer deaths as compared to troponin T alone in a United States emergency department population

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States. Electronic address: li_liu1@urmc.rochester.edu.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States.
³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States.
⁴ Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Comment

Li Liu et al. Clin Biochem. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep:95:91-92.

doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2021.06.002. Epub 2021 Jun 12.

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States. Electronic address: li_liu1@urmc.rochester.edu.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States.
³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States.
⁴ Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

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Keywords: Clinical chemistry score; Death; High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T; Low-risk; Troponin T Gen 5 STAT.

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External validation of the clinical chemistry score.
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