Resources
BioMarkerEDU Resources
This section of the website provides useful links, documents, and information regarding biomarker utilization and impact on patient care and disease/therapeutic management.
This information has been identified as among the most relevant and selected at the recommendation of our faculty members, colleagues, and industry leaders in the space.
Please make sure to check back regularly for additional information and resources surrounding advances in the development and utilization of biomarkers.
Educational Articles
Here you may view a variety of educational articles related to biomarker utilization in a variety of therapeutic areas.
These articles have come from several sources and are available below as PDF documents. Please click the link for the document in which you are interested.
New educational articles will be added as they become available.
Traumatic Brain Injury
A need to re-evaluate how we assess TBI. We take the most complex disease, in the most complex organ and apply non-specific and poorly understood measures to assess the injury. Does this seem wise?
A major cause of disability worldwide, TBI needs improved diagnostic tools
A comparison of the clinical performance of these 2 decision rules for detecting the need for neurosurgical intervention and clinically important brain injury.
A systematic review of the literature to derive evidence-based recommendations conducted by the ACEP Clinical Policies Committee
General Information on BioMarkers
A review of vaccinations: A tool in battling viral infections
Biomarker Development in COPD: Moving From P Values to Products to Impact Patient Care
Biomarkers of adverse drug reactions
Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections
High-Sensitivity Troponin
2021 AHA-ACC-ASE-CHEST-SAEM-SCCT-SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain
Emergency Department Management of Chest Pain With a High-Sensitivity Troponin- Enabled 0/1-Hour Rule-Out Algorithm
Recommendations for Institutions Transitioning to High-Sensitivity Troponin Testing
Useful Links
We have identified several useful links to websites and resources related to biomarkers.
Please use the links below to access these useful web resources. New useful links and resources will be added as they become available.
Traumatic Brain Injury
Validating the Brain Injury Guidelines: Results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma prospective multi-institutional trial
Implementation of the Canadian CT Head Rule and Its Association With Use of Computed Tomography Among Patients With Head Injury, Ann Emerg Med, 2018, 71(1):54-63 e52.
Biomarkers
What are Biomarkers?
What Are Biomarkers and Why Are They Important?
Procalcitonin
Mayo Clinic Laboratories – PCT Test
Procalcitonin Guidance
Abbott Core Laboratory – Sepsis
Clinical Utility of Procalcitonin
Webinar: Procalcitonin Guidance for Covid-19
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