Short Title: (Investigating Troponin Testing Time)
Sponsor: NOAMA
Primary Investigators: Dr. Stephen Smith, Emergency Medicine
Dr. Eric Traficante, Emergency Medicine
Dr. Sean Plumley, Family Medicine Resident
For most patients visiting the ED with chest pain, standard practice will typically involve testing a blood sample for Troponin levels and monitoring for a period of 3 hours before a repeat Troponin measurement will take place.
A final decision on diagnosis and management often relies on this repeat Troponin value. Expert consensus has stated that high sensitivity Troponin testing, including the specific test currently in use at SAH, can be repeated at less than 3 hours, but lacks a universally recommended time interval. More research is needed to determine whether intervals of less than 3 hours may be utilized to safely rule out a heart attack in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain.
Investigating this enhancement to existing protocol may result in better care for chest pain patients if the results of this study indicate that it is a safe and effective method of utilizing this particular high sensitivity Troponin assay.
Study Start Date: March 2021
Number of Participants Currently at SAH: 80 (As of Date: May 14, 2021)
Study End Date: April 2022
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