Why the study?
Does postoperative cardiac Troponin-I (cTi) monitoring improve the detection of cardiac complications in patients undergoing major vascular surgery?
Population
100 consecutive patients who underwent major vascular surgery at the Royal Brisbane Hospital
Comparison
Daily measurements of cardiac Troponin-I for… vs Traditional diagnostic criteria
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Three postoperative days
Authors
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cTi elevation was associated with complications after vascular surgery; hypothesis-generating for routine monitoring and should not yet change practice.
Does postoperative cardiac Troponin-I (cTi) monitoring improve the detection of cardiac complications in patients undergoing major vascular surgery?
Routine postoperative cTi monitoring in vascular surgery patients is an effective method to detect cardiac complications that may be missed by traditional criteria.
Glenda Andrews (2001) studied this question.
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