{"id":8817,"date":"2017-11-20T05:02:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T05:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/rbwh\/uncategorized\/a-single-blood-test-to-revolutionise-care"},"modified":"2017-11-20T05:02:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T05:02:37","slug":"a-single-blood-test-to-revolutionise-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/rbwh\/news\/a-single-blood-test-to-revolutionise-care","title":{"rendered":"A single blood test to revolutionise care\u2014RBWH\u2019s own contributes to study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>A single blood test to revolutionise care\u2014RBWH\u2019s own contributes to study<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_1348\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1348\" class=\"wp-image-1348 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/rbwh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/heart-attack-risk.jpg\" alt=\"RBWH Emergency Department consultant Assoc Prof Louise Cullen\" width=\"385\" height=\"216\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RBWH Emergency Department consultant Assoc Prof Louise Cullen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital (RBWH) emergency department consultant Associate Professor Louise Cullen is part of a team of researchers who have shown a single blood test could make all the difference to busy emergency departments.<\/p>\n<p>The test has the potential to more rapidly rule out acute coronary syndrome\u2014reducing both patient stress and time spent in hospital\u2014by identifying which patients with chest pain were at low risk of imminent heart attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Assoc Prof Cullen said researchers evaluated high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I testing, which detects a protein caused by heart damage, to assess coronary risk for people with chest pain.<\/p>\n<p>She said the findings suggested it was a safe way of triaging patients presenting with the common symptom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found a single test would determine that almost half of patients reporting with cardiac symptoms were at low risk of heart attack or angina,\u201d Assoc Prof Cullen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese findings are significant given that chest pain is one of the most common reasons people around the world present to hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLess than point-zero-five per cent of patients identified as at low risk went on to have a heart attack within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest challenges in emergency settings is the time and resources it takes to work out which patients aren\u2019t at significant risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The test has been available in Australia for two years, and its use in risk assessment is subject to further clinical studies overseas.<\/p>\n<p>The international collaboration involving the University of Queensland was tested across more than 20,000 patients worldwide, with about 2000 from Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital (RBWH) emergency department consultant Associate Professor Louise Cullen is part of a team of researchers who have shown a single blood test could make all the difference to busy emergency 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