Updated NTS Protocol
Cross-source consensus on Updated NTS Protocol from 1 sources and 5 claims.
1 sources · 5 claims
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- The updated NTS protocol had sharply lower sensitivity and missed many major events and ACS cases. — Marburg Heart Score and INTERCHEST score for telephone triage of acute chest pain: a prospective, diagnostic accuracy study in out-of-hours primary care
- The NTS chest pain protocol was updated in October 2024 after enrolment ended to incorporate Safety First model elements. — Marburg Heart Score and INTERCHEST score for telephone triage of acute chest pain: a prospective, diagnostic accuracy study in out-of-hours primary care
- The exploratory findings raised safety concerns and indicated that the updated NTS protocol needs further validation. — Marburg Heart Score and INTERCHEST score for telephone triage of acute chest pain: a prospective, diagnostic accuracy study in out-of-hours primary care
- The updated NTS protocol assigned high urgency to fewer patients and produced higher specificity than the study-period protocol. — Marburg Heart Score and INTERCHEST score for telephone triage of acute chest pain: a prospective, diagnostic accuracy study in out-of-hours primary care
- Missing data may have caused misclassification in the exploratory analysis of the updated NTS protocol. — Marburg Heart Score and INTERCHEST score for telephone triage of acute chest pain: a prospective, diagnostic accuracy study in out-of-hours primary care