Multicenter Evaluation of an Automated Assay for Troponin I
Why the study?
What is the analytical performance of the Access AccuTnI assay for measuring cardiac troponin I?
Population
Controls, zero calibrator, diluted patient samples, and a reference population
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Discussion
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Implication
Supports Access AccuTnI assay adoption for troponin testing; leaves open outcome validation in clinical cohorts.
Structured PICO
What is the analytical performance of the Access AccuTnI assay for measuring cardiac troponin I?
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Population
Controls, zero calibrator, diluted patient samples, and a reference population
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Intervention
Access AccuTnI assay (Beckman Coulter) for cardiac troponin I
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Outcome
Analytical performance including precision, detection limit, functional sensitivity, and linearitysurrogate
The Access AccuTnI assay is a sensitive and precise method for measuring cardiac troponin I, with a 99th percentile upper reference limit of 0.04 microg/L.
Cite This Study
Uettwiller-Geiger et al. (2002) studied this question.