Defensive Medicine in an Emergency Department: The Overuse of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Testing
defensive medicine is prevalent among ED physicians, and routine use of hs-cTnI testing as part of an evaluation can be explained in part by concern about liability and defensive medicine.
Authors
- Tomer Maller
- Nimrod Perel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-8836)
- Noam Fink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8018-9610)
- Mehmood G. Sayyad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5262-5825)
- Nir Levi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8601-6756)
- Michael Glikson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5706-0395)
- Elad Asher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3381-605X)
- Mohammad Karmi
- Khurram Nasir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5376-2269)
- Sharon Bruoha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0282-7533)
- Pierre François Sabouret (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0243-3673)
- Netanel Zacks
- Louay Taha
- Todd Zalut
- Maayan Sherm
- Sarit Bar-Sheshet
Institutions
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Assuta Medical Center (IL)
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center (IL)
- Barzilai Medical Center (IL)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Methodist Hospital (US)
- Fondation pour l’innovation en Cadiométabolisme et Nutrition (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Life
- Published
- 2024-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/life14121563
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.83