ArticlePoint of care2018
Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Central Vietnam: International Exchange, Needs Assessment, and Spatial Care Paths.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Characterizing chest pain in patients with acute coronary syndrome at Vietnam National Heart Institute: a case-control study.The Journal of international medical research · 2024Article
- Using geographic rescue time contours, point-of-care strategies, and spatial care paths to prepare island communities for global warming, rising oceans, and weather disasters.International journal of health geographics · 2023Article
- Optimizing Public Health Preparedness for Highly Infectious Diseases in Central Vietnam.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Highly Sensitive Chemiluminescence-Based Lateral Flow Immunoassay for Cardiac Troponin I Detection in Human Serum.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Geospatial Science and Point-of-Care Testing: Creating Solutions for Population Access, Emergencies, Outbreaks, and Disasters.Frontiers in public health · 2019Review
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Abstract
objectivesObjectives were to (
methodsWe organized progressively focused, intensive, and interactive lectures, workshops, and investigative teamwork over a 2-year period. We surveyed hospital staff in person to determine the status of diagnostic testing at 15 hospitals in 7 districts. Questions focused on cardiac rapid response, prediabetes/diabetes, infectious diseases, and other serious challenges, including epidemic preparedness.
resultsEducational exchange revealed a nationwide shortage of POC coordinators. Throughout the province, ambulances transfer patients primarily between hospitals, rarely picking up from homes. No helicopter rescue was available. Ambulance travel times from distant sites to referral hospitals were excessive, longer in costal and mountainous areas. Most hospitals (92.3%) used electrocardiogram and creatine phosphokinase-MB isoenzyme to diagnose AMI. Cardiac troponin I/T testing was performed only at large referral hospitals.
conclusionsCentral Vietnam must improve rapid diagnosis and treatment of AMI patients. Early upstream POC cardiac troponin testing on Spatial Care Paths will expedite transfers directly to hospitals capable of intervening, improving outcomes following coronary occlusion. Point-of-care coordinator certification and financial support will enhance standards of care cost-effectively. Training young physicians pivots on high-value evidence-based learning when POC cardiac troponin T/cardiac troponin I biomarkers are in place for rapid decision making, especially in emergency rooms.
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