Value of single troponin values in the emergency department for excluding acute myocardial infarction in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Med J Aust. 2022 Jul 4;217(1):48-49. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51544. Epub 2022 May 29.

Authors

Jaimi H Greenslade^{1

2}, Sara Berndt³, Laura Stephensen^{1

4}, Katrina Starmer⁵, Greg Starmer⁵, William Parsonage^{1

2}, Victor Lau⁶, Tileah Drahm-Butler⁵, Tania Davis⁵, Virginia Campbell⁵, Richard Stone⁵, Robert Bonnin⁵, Sarah Ashover³, Tanya Milburn³, Elizabeth Mowatt⁵, Karlie Proctor⁵, Anthony Brazzale⁵, Louise Ann Cullen^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.
² Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI), University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD.
³ Clinical Excellence, Queensland Department of Health, Brisbane, QLD.
⁴ Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD.
⁵ Cairns Hospital, Cairns, QLD.
⁶ The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.

PMID: 35645036
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51544

No abstract available

Keywords: Indigenous health; Myocardial infarction; Troponin.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Emergency Service, Hospital
Health Services, Indigenous*
Humans
Myocardial Infarction* / diagnosis
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Troponin

Substances

Troponin