title: Point-of-care testing: a cardiologist's view.
abstract: The rationale for point-of-care testing is that more rapid provision of biochemical test results performed at the patients bedside will equate with better outcomes. For this to be the case, a number of conditions must be satisfied, and in particular the choice of appropriate markers, an adequate turnaround time (TAT), and an accurate measurement. Point-of-care testing of cardiac markers was found to reduce TAT from 72 (central laboratory) to 20 min thus allowing to decrease total hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pathology, St George's Hospital, London SW17 0QT, UK. pstubbs@wgh.demon.uk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stubbs
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Collinson
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D002309:Cardiology / Q000639:trends*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000191:economics
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers