Diagnostic and prognostic value of cardiac troponins in emergency department patients presenting after a fall: A prospective, multicenter study

CONCLUSIONS: A majority of patients (n = 364, 68.8%) presenting to the ED after a fall had elevated hs-cTnT levels and 86 (15.4%) elevated hs-cTnI levels. However, the incidence of MI in these patients was low (n = 3, 0.5%). Our data do not support the opinion that falls may be a common presenting feature of MI. We discourage routine troponin testing in this population. However, hs-cTnT and hs-cTnI were both found to have prognostic properties for mortality prediction up to 1 year.PMID:38532263 | DOI:10.1111/acem.14897

Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - March 27, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tanguy Espejo Lukas Terhalle Alexandra Malinovska Henk B Riedel Laura Arntz Livia Hafner Karen Delport-Lehnen Joanna Zuppinger Nicolas Geigy J örg Leuppi Rajan Somasundaram Roland Bingisser Christian H Nickel Source Type: research