title: Troponin.
abstract: Troponin T and I can be found within the myocardial filaments. Measuring these cardiac troponin levels in full-term newborns and premature infants has not become a common practice in the neonatal intensive care unit and newborn nurseries. Research studies are discovering that an elevation in troponin T and I levels can be directly correlated with the severity of the infant's illness, and it can be potentially prognostic of morbidity. This literature analysis discusses what can be considered normal cardiac troponin levels along with what elevated levels are and possible conditions associated with those elevations.
authors.affiliation: Newborn Intensive Care Unit, University of Virginia Health System, 1215 Lee Street, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. DPS2K@HSCmail.MCC.Virginia.edu
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ottinger
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nash
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012016:Reference Values; D014336:Troponin / Q000097:blood*; D019209:Troponin C / Q000097:blood; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014336:Troponin; D019209:Troponin C; D019210:Troponin I; D020107:Troponin T; D002118:Calcium