Sergi Consolato M
Anatomy Pathology Division, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Departments of Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2022 Jan 25;26:100889. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2022.100889. eCollection 2022 Apr.
Point-of-care (POC) Testing (POCT) is a medical diagnostic approach carried out outside the clinical laboratory and close to the patient. The results are used for the immediate clinical decision to improve patient care. Accreditation Canada and Diagnostic Accreditation Programs regulatory standards and the College of the American Pathologists for POCT have implemented several guidelines and certifications. POC in heart failure (POC-HF) will demonstrate that it is helpful to develop a preliminary understanding of the value of serial N-terminal -B-type (NT-proBNP) measurements in the diagnostic and therapeutic process in patients hospitalized with acute decompensation of heart failure. In addition, POC-HF will hopefully answer questions on the workability of this approach in clinical routine and the usefulness and justification to perform larger-scale studies investigating this strategy.
即时检验（POC）是一种在临床实验室之外、靠近患者处进行的医学诊断方法。其结果用于立即做出临床决策以改善患者护理。加拿大认证机构和诊断认证计划监管标准以及美国病理学家学会针对即时检验已实施了多项指南和认证。心力衰竭即时检验（POC-HF）将证明，对于初步了解连续测定N末端B型利钠肽原（NT-proBNP）在急性失代偿性心力衰竭住院患者诊断和治疗过程中的价值是有帮助的。此外，POC-HF有望回答关于该方法在临床常规中的可行性以及开展更大规模研究以调查此策略的实用性和合理性等问题。
