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Most Labs Lack Pediatric Reference Ranges for Cardiac Troponin
A survey found that most labs testing children for cardiac troponin do not have reference ranges for children.
Cardiac troponin is a protein that enters the blood when heart muscle is damaged.
Doctors can use a troponin test as a quick measure of heart injury in adults.
The test has transformed adult heart care, but doctors have less data on what normal results look like in children.
Without child-specific reference ranges, it can be harder to interpret a child’s result.
The survey highlights a gap in the information available when doctors assess possible heart injury in children.
A survey found that most laboratories testing children for cardiac troponin lack pediatric reference ranges.
Cardiac troponin is a protein released into the blood when heart muscle is damaged.
The test is used as a quick measure of heart injury in adults.
Doctors often lack data on normal troponin measurements in children.
- Who
- Laboratories testing children for cardiac troponin, and doctors caring for children.
- What
- A survey found that most of these laboratories lack pediatric reference ranges.
- When
- The article was published on October 10, 2026; the survey date is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Not stated.
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- Finding
- Most laboratories testing children lack pediatric reference ranges for cardiac troponin
- Test
- Cardiac troponin measures a protein released when heart muscle is damaged
- Publication date
- October 10, 2026
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