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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2019

Evaluation of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) quick test for triage in the emergency department.

Pratyush Kumar, Atul Kakar, Atul Gogia, NIamatullah Waziri

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pratyush KumarDepartment of Family Medicine, Sir Gangaram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India.
Atul KakarDepartment of Medicine, Sir Gangaram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India.
Atul GogiaDepartment of Medicine, Sir Gangaram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India.
NIamatullah WaziriDepartment of Medicine, Sir Gangaram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background*Soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is a new biomarker, which is increased in conditions associated with inflammatory immune cell activation. In low resource, densely populated countries, there is a need for a quick test for triage and prognosticating in the emergency department. MATERIALS AND

methods*A pilot, observational study was conducted wherein all consenting adult patients (>18 years) presented to casualty with acute medical illnesses were included. Detailed clinical history, examination, and suPAR quick tests were done and patients were categorized into five groups based on the emergency severity index (ESI) triage algorithm. Patients with suPAR level more than 5.5 ng/mL were advised hospitalization and those below were advised follow-up. All patients were followed-up after 3 days.

resultsTotal 190 patients (20-80 years), 80 males and 110 females participated. ESI triage 1, 2, and 3 had suPAR levels > 5.5 ng/mL and ESI triage 4 and 5 had suPAR level of <5.5 ng/mL. In ESI-1, 29 patients were admitted in ICU and 16 left against medical advice (LAMA) and on follow-up mortality was 96% (

conclusion*suPAR can reliably be used in the emergency department to prognosticate and triage.

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Emergencyprimary caresuPARtriage

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