Study protocol for an observational study to evaluate an accelerated chest pain pathway using point-of-care troponin in New Zealand rural and primary care populations

• Main Authors: Martin Than (Author), Stephen Du Toit (Author), Peter Myles George (Author), Tim Norman (Author), Marc Gutenstein (Author), Antony Watson (Author), Gerard Devlin (Author), Robin Turner (Author), Tim Stokes (Author), John W. Pickering (Author), Garry Nixon (Author), Joanna Young (Author), Rory Miller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: CSIRO Publishing, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT INTRODUCTIONAccelerated diagnostic chest pain pathways are used widely in urban New Zealand hospitals. These pathways use laboratory-based troponin assays with good analytical precision. Widespread implementation has not occurred in many of New Zealand's rural hospitals and general pra...