title: Evaluation of cardiac troponin I in dogs presenting to the emergency room using a point-of-care assay.
abstract: We used a point-of-care assay to evaluate cardiac troponin I (cTnI) in clinically normal dogs and a heterogeneous population of dogs presenting to the emergency room (ER) and to determine whether cTnI has prognostic capabilities in an ER population. Fourteen clinically normal dogs and 129 dogs presented to the ER were evaluated. Of the study group, 88 dogs had normal cTnI (< 0.1 ng/mL), 29 had elevated cTnI (0.1 to 1.0 ng/mL), and 12 had high cTnI (> 1.0 ng/mL). Dogs with elevated cTnI had 8 times the odds of mortality compared to dogs with normal cTnI [odds ratio (OR): 8.2, 95% confidence interval (CI): 3.0, 22.3]. Dogs with high cTnI had 17 times higher odds of mortality compared to dogs with normal cTnI (OR: 17.6, 95% CI: 4.4, 70.1). We conclude that cTnI shows promise as a prognostic indicator for dogs presenting to the ER and can be easily evaluated using a point-of-care assay.
authors.affiliation: New England Veterinary Center and Cancer Care, 955 Kennedy Road, Windsor, Connecticut 06095, USA (Porter); Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine - Clinical Sciences, North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA (Rozanski); Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Price); VCA, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA (Shaw).
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Porter
authors.affiliation: New England Veterinary Center and Cancer Care, 955 Kennedy Road, Windsor, Connecticut 06095, USA (Porter); Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine - Clinical Sciences, North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA (Rozanski); Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Price); VCA, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA (Shaw).
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rozanski
authors.affiliation: New England Veterinary Center and Cancer Care, 955 Kennedy Road, Windsor, Connecticut 06095, USA (Porter); Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine - Clinical Sciences, North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA (Rozanski); Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Price); VCA, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA (Shaw).
authors.forename: Lori Lyn
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Price
authors.affiliation: New England Veterinary Center and Cancer Care, 955 Kennedy Road, Windsor, Connecticut 06095, USA (Porter); Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine - Clinical Sciences, North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA (Rozanski); Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Price); VCA, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA (Shaw).
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D004285:Dogs; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D019210:Troponin I