Original Article
The Utility of Cardiac Troponin I in Predicting the Disease
Severity in Hospitalized Patients with Community
Acquired Pneumonia
Author(s):
Seyed Farshad Allameh*, Soheil Peiman, Najmeh Abbasi, Amirhosein Charejoo, Alireza Abdollahi and Sara Sagharnia
Background: Cardiac Troponin iso-enzyme I (cTnI) is known as a specific biomarker of myocardial damages. CTnI rises in various systemic non-cardiac diseases and assumed as an important prognostic factor. Excluding the patients presenting with acute cardiac problems, in this study we investigated the relationship between serum cTnI elevation and the severity of disease in hospitalized patients with CAP. Methods: From March 15, 2014 to April 2015, through a prospective cohort study, hospitalized patients with CAP were included. Patient were excluded if: recent hospitalization with possibility of hospital acquired pneumonia; on admission intubation; ABG obtained after two hours of admission; ABG obtained while the patient was on supplemented oxygen. Patients, with previous or current history of congestive heart disease and th.. Read More»
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