The clinically effective use of cardiac markers by restructuring laboratory profiles at Cardiology wards.
Martin H KeppelTobias KolbitschUta C HoppeSimon AuerThomas Klaus FelderHannes OberkoflerCornelia MrazekElisabeth Haschke-BecherJanne CadamuroPublished in: Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine (2020)
Our results indicate that cardiac markers in routine care are subject to extensive overutilization when used within LOPs. Educational measures are an effective strategy to overcome the overutilization of cardiac markers but may be more effective when combined with the removal of cardiac markers from LOPs.