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Overview
- Troponin I
- Normal value range
- Pathophysiology
- Special considerations
- Elevations in lab values
Nursing Points General
- Normal value range
- Typically less than 0.035 ng/mL or less
- Can vary among institutions
- Has to be greater than the 99th percentile
- Pathophysiology
- Troponin is released during myocardial cell damage
- Decreased perfusion causes myocardial cell damage
- Causes of myocardial cell damage
- Myocardial infarction
- Demand ischemia
- Cardiogenic
- ACS
- Noncardiogenic
- Sepsis
- Renal failure
- Extreme exercise
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