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22-03-2022 | Correction
Correction: Implementation of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines for perioperative risk assessment and management: an interrupted time series study
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 6/2022
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In Table 4, the fifth row should state: Received at least one echocardiogram (of elevated TnI patients only) instead of “one ECG”.
Table 4
Resource utilization in TnI-positive patients
|
Pre-implementation
|
Post-implementation
|
P value
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Number of patients
|
706
|
715
|
-
|
|
TnI testing adherence
|
41 (5.8%)
|
496 (69.4%)
|
<0.0001
|
|
Elevated TnI
|
19 (2.7%)
|
64 (9.0%)
|
<0.0001
|
|
Received appropriate follow-up care (of elevated TnI patients)
|
8 (42.1%)
|
54 (84.4%)
|
0.0002
|
|
Received at least one echocardiogram (of elevated TnI patients only)
|
6 (31.6%)
|
19 (29.7%)
|
0.87
|
|
Received at least one ECG (of elevated TnI patients only)
|
18 (94.7%)
|
64 (100%)
|
0.064
|
|
ECGs per patient, mean (SD)
|
3.5 (2.6)
|
3.8 (2.8)
|
0.68
|
|
At least one advanced cardiac test (e.g., CT angiogram, percutaneous interventions)
|
2 (10.5%)
|
33 (51.6%)
|
0.0015
|