{"id":9665,"date":"2026-03-09T15:46:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=9665"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:46:52","slug":"rapid-hs-troponin-protocol-in-eds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/rapid-hs-troponin-protocol-in-eds\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid hs-Troponin Protocol in EDs \u2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rapid hs-Troponin Protocol in EDs \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Key points :<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060&gt;32,500 patients with chest pain included in the RACE-IT study.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Patients evaluated in:<br \/>\n\u2013 5 hospital EDs<br \/>\n\u2013 4 freestanding EDs:<br \/>\n(Freestanding ED: a fully equipped 24\/7 emergency department located outside a hospital, providing rapid diagnosis and stabilization, with transfer to hospitals if admission is needed.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060hs-troponin protocols allow MI rule-out in ~1 hour, faster than traditional multi-hour testing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Safe discharge rates<br \/>\n\u2013 Hospital EDs: 50\u201354%<br \/>\n\u2013 Freestanding EDs: 86\u201395%<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Freestanding EDs achieved higher safe discharge rates for low-risk chest pain patients with similar safety outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Clinical impact:<br \/>\n\u2013 Faster ACS rule-out<br \/>\n\u2013 Shorter ED stay<br \/>\n\u2013 Fewer cardiac tests and cardiology consultations<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Safety:<br \/>\n\u2013 No increase in adverse events or revascularization.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Freestanding EDs represent ~11% of emergency departments in the United States and are rapidly expanding.<\/p>\n<p>Source<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060Medical news report , March 5, 2026<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060RACE-IT Study \u2013 Academic Emergency Medicine, 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/15532712\">https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/15532712<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapid hs-Troponin Protocol in EDs \u2014 Key points : \u2022\u2060 \u2060&gt;32,500 patients with chest pain included in the RACE-IT study. \u2022\u2060 \u2060Patients evaluated in: \u2013 5 hospital EDs \u2013 4 freestanding EDs: (Freestanding ED: a fully equipped 24\/7 emergency department located outside a hospital, providing rapid diagnosis and stabilization, with transfer to hospitals if admission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9666,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665\/revisions\/9666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}