Critical Care

official impact factor 4.60
Search for
Advanced search
Critical Care
Tools
Letter

Role of cardiac troponin as a prognosticator in critically ill patients

Andrew J Turley1* and Jacqui A Gedney2

Author Affiliations

1 Cardiology Specialist Registrar, Cardiology & General Adult Intensive Care Unit, The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, UK

2 Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist, Cardiology & General Adult Intensive Care Unit, The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, UK

For all author emails, please log on.

Critical Care 2005, 9:E30 doi:10.1186/cc3920

Published: 11 November 2005

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

In a recent issue of Critical Care, Dr King and colleagues [1] described the role of cardiac troponin as a prognosticator in critically ill medical patients. They concluded that elevated troponin levels measured on admission are associated with an increased mortality rate.