Shooshan Danagoulian, Joseph Miller, Bernard Cook, Satheesh Gunaga, Raef Fadel, Chaun Gandolfo, Nicholas L Mills, Shalini Modi, Simon A Mahler, Phillip D Levy, Sachin Parikh, Seth Krupp, Khaled Abdul-Nour, Howard Klausner, Steven Rockoff, Ryan Gindi, Aaron Lewandowski, Michael Hudson, Giuseppe Perrotta, Bryan Zweig, David Lanfear, Henry Kim, Elizabeth Shaheen, Gale Darnell, Hashem Nassereddine, Kegham Hawatian, Amy Tang, Catriona Keerie, James McCord
OBJECTIVE: Protocols to evaluate for myocardial infarction (MI) using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) have the potential to drive costs upward due to the added sensitivity. We performed an economic evaluation of an accelerated protocol (AP) to evaluate for MI using hs-cTn to identify changes in costs of treatment and length of stay compared with conventional testing. METHODS: We performed a planned secondary economic analysis of a large, cluster randomized trial across nine emergency departments (EDs) from July 2020 to April 2021...
April 2024: Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open