Research Article

Point-of-Care Troponin T Testing in the Management of Patients with Chest Pain in the Swedish Primary Care

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Patient flow in primary health care centres (PHC centres) with and PHC centres without point-of-care Troponin T testing (POCT-TnT). Decisions by general practitioner (GP) and methods of end point evaluation are shown. Exclusion criteria: severely affected patients. Other probable cause of chest pain than cardiac, according to a nurse’s telephone assessment, for example, costal fracture or gastrooesophageal reflux.
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