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Professor John Pickering

Professor

John Pickering

BSc(Hons) PhD BA(Hons)

Email john.pickering@otago.ac.nz

Ahorangi Rangahau (Research Professor) John Pickering joined the Department of Medicine in 2007, initially to study how to better diagnose and tread kidney failure in the intensive care.  Now, he is a kaipūtaiao (scientist) and kaitātara koiora (biostatistician) with the Rangahau Manawa o Ōtautahi (Christchurch Heart Institute) and Big Data and Ageing research groups of University of Ōtago Christchurch, and the Emergency medicine research group of Christchurch Hospital. His interests include optimising the use of biomarkers for diagnosis, clinical pathway development and translational research in acute care, and using the interRAI data to improve the well-being of older persons.

He comes from a physics background and was once part of the team that pioneered the use of lasers to remove birthmarks.

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Publications

Abey-Nesbit, R., Jamieson, H. A., Bergler, H. U., Kerse, N., Pickering, J. W., & Teh, R. (2023). Chronic health conditions and mortality among older adults with complex care needs in Aotearoa New Zealand. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1), 318. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-03961-8

Doudesis, D., Lee, K. K., Boeddinghaus, J., Bularga, A., Ferry, A. V., Tuck, C., … Pickering, J. W., Than, M. P., … CoDE-ACS Investigators, including Richards, A. M., Pemberton, C., Troughton, R. W., & Aldous, S. J. (2023). Machine learning for diagnosis of myocardial infarction using cardiac troponin concentrations. Nature Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02325-4

Addy, K., Joyce, L. R., Al-Busaidi, I. S., Pickering, J. W., Troughton, R., & Than, M. (2023). Implementation of an integrated emergency department acute atrial fibrillation pathway safely reduces cardioversions and hospitalisations: A comparative pre-post study. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 14240. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14240

Neumann, J. T., Twerenbold, R., Ojeda, F., Aldous, S. J., Allen, B. R., Apple, F. S., … Pickering, J. W., Pemberton, C. J., … Richards, A. M., … Than, M. P., … Troughton, R. W., … the ARTEMIS study group. (2023). Personalized diagnosis in suspected myocardial infarction. Clinical Research in Cardiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00392-023-02206-3

Koh, H. W. L., Pilbrow, A. P., Tan, S. H., Zhao, Q., Benke, P. I., Burla, B., … Pickering, J. W., Troughton, R., Pemberton, C., … Richards, A. M., & Chan, M. Y. (2023). An integrated signature of extracellular matrix proteins and a diastolic function imaging parameter predicts post-MI long-term outcomes. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 10, 1123682. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1123682

Pickering, J. W., & Endre, Z. H. (2012). The metamorphosis of acute renal failure to acute kidney injury. In M. Sahay (Ed.), Basic nephrology and acute kidney injury. (pp. 125-150). Rijeka, Croatia: InTech. doi: 10.5772/1298

Chapter in Book - Research

Pickering, J. W. (2008). Plagiarism. In V. N. Parrillo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of social problems (Vol. 2). (pp. 664-667). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Chapter in Book - Research

McGrath, T., Butcher, A., Koo, Y., Pickering, J., & Smith, H. (2007). Engaging Asian communities in Aotearoa New Zealand: An exploration of what works in community research. In A. Williamson & R. DeSouza (Eds.), Researching with communities: Grounded perspectives on engaging communities in research. (pp. 385-398). Auckland, New Zealand: Muddy Creek Press.

Chapter in Book - Research

Leong, F. T. L., Zhang, H., Pickering, J., & Chang, J. (2008). Family and home country influences on adjustment (Case Incident 7: Responses). In N. Arthur & P. Pedersen (Eds.), Case incidents in counseling for international transitions. (pp. 99-112). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.

Chapter in Book - Other

Abey-Nesbit, R., Jamieson, H. A., Bergler, H. U., Kerse, N., Pickering, J. W., & Teh, R. (2023). Chronic health conditions and mortality among older adults with complex care needs in Aotearoa New Zealand. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1), 318. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-03961-8

Journal - Research Article

Addy, K., Joyce, L. R., Al-Busaidi, I. S., Pickering, J. W., Troughton, R., & Than, M. (2023). Implementation of an integrated emergency department acute atrial fibrillation pathway safely reduces cardioversions and hospitalisations: A comparative pre-post study. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 14240. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14240

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Doudesis, D., Lee, K. K., Boeddinghaus, J., Bularga, A., Ferry, A. V., Tuck, C., … Pickering, J. W., Than, M. P., … CoDE-ACS Investigators, including Richards, A. M., Pemberton, C., Troughton, R. W., & Aldous, S. J. (2023). Machine learning for diagnosis of myocardial infarction using cardiac troponin concentrations. Nature Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02325-4

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Graykowski, A., Lambert, R. A., Marchis, F., Cazeneuve, D., Dalba, P. A., Esposito, T. M., … Pickering, J. W., … Transom, I. M. (2023). Light curves and colors of the ejecta from dimorphos after the DART impact. Nature. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05852-9

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Huang, X., Li, Y., Fowler, C., Doecke, J. D., Lim, Y. Y., Drysdale, C., … Pickering, J. W., … Gu, B. J. (2023). Leukocyte surface biomarkers implicate deficits of innate immunity in sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(5), 2084-2094. doi: 10.1002/alz.12813

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Jamieson, H., Nishtala, P. S., Bergler, H. U., Weaver, S. K., Pickering, J. W., Ailabouni, N. J., Abey-Nesbit, R., … Mangin, D. (2023). Deprescribing anticholinergic and sedative drugs to reduce polypharmacy in frail older adults living in the community: A randomized controlled trial. Journals of Gerontology Series A, glac249. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glac249

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Koh, H. W. L., Pilbrow, A. P., Tan, S. H., Zhao, Q., Benke, P. I., Burla, B., … Pickering, J. W., Troughton, R., Pemberton, C., … Richards, A. M., & Chan, M. Y. (2023). An integrated signature of extracellular matrix proteins and a diastolic function imaging parameter predicts post-MI long-term outcomes. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 10, 1123682. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1123682

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Miller, R., Nixon, G., Stokes, T., Smith, M., Pickering, J. W., Liepins, T., … Than, M. (2023). The cost-savings of the rural accelerated chest pain pathway for low-risk chest pain in rural general practice: A cost minimisation analysis. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(1), 71-76. doi: 10.1071/HC22117

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Neumann, J. T., Twerenbold, R., Ojeda, F., Aldous, S. J., Allen, B. R., Apple, F. S., … Pickering, J. W., Pemberton, C. J., … Richards, A. M., … Than, M. P., … Troughton, R. W., … the ARTEMIS study group. (2023). Personalized diagnosis in suspected myocardial infarction. Clinical Research in Cardiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00392-023-02206-3

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Shaji, E. J., Al-Busaidi, I. S., Joyce, L. R., Pickering, J. W., Troughton, R. W., & Than, M. (2023). Factors predictive of spontaneous reversion to sinus rhythm: Findings from an integrated acute atrial fibrillation pathway. Heart Rhythm. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.01.023

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Templeton, E. M., Pilbrow, A. P., Kleffmann, T., Pickering, J. W., Rademaker, M. T., Scott, N. J. A., Ellmers, L. J., Charles, C. J., Endre, Z. H., Richards, A. M., Cameron, V. A., & Lassé, M. (2023). Comparison of SPEED, S-Trap, and in-solution-based sample preparation methods for mass spectrometry in kidney tissue and plasma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(7), 6290. doi: 10.3390/ijms24076290

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Abey-Nesbit, R., Bergler, U., Pickering, J. W., Nishtala, P. S., & Jamieson, H. (2022). Development and validation of a frailty index compatible with three interRAI assessment instruments. Age & Ageing, 51, afac178. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afac178

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Doudesis, D., Lee, K. K., Yang, J., Wereski, R., Shah, A. S. V., Tsanas, A., … Pickering, J. W., … on behalf of the High-STEACS Investigators. (2022). Validation of the myocardial-ischaemic-injury-index machine learning algorithm to guide the diagnosis of myocardial infarction in a heterogenous population: A prespecified exploratory analysis. Lancet Digital Health, 4, e300-e308. doi: 10.1016/s2589-7500(22)00025-5

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Miller, R., Nixon, G., Pickering, J. W., Stokes, T., Turner, R. M., Young, J., Gutenstein, M., Smith, M., … Watson, A., George, P., … Than, M. (2022). A prospective multi-centre study assessing the safety and effectiveness following the implementation of an accelerated chest pain pathway using point-of-care troponin for use in New Zealand rural hospital and primary care settings. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuac037

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Norman, T., Young, J., Jones, J. S., Egan, G., Pickering, J., Du Toit, S., … Miller, R., Frampton, C., … George, P., & Than, M. (2022). Implementation and evaluation of a rural general practice assessment pathway for possible cardiac chest pain using point-of-care troponin testing: A pilot study. BMJ Open, 12, e044801. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044801

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Pickering, J. W., Scrase, R., Troughton, R., & Jamieson, H. A. (2022). Evaluation of the added value of Brain Natriuretic Peptide to a validated mortality risk-prediction model in older people using a standardised international clinical assessment tool. PLoS ONE, 17(11), e0277850. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277850

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Templeton, E. M., Lassé, M., Kleffmann, T., Ellmers, L. J., Palmer, S. C., Davidson, T., Scott, N. J. A., Pickering, J. W., Charles, C. J., Endre, Z. H., Cameron, V. A., Richards, A. M., Rademaker, M. T., & Pilbrow, A. P. (2022). Identifying candidate protein markers of acute kidney injury in acute decompensated heart failure. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 1009. doi: 10.3390/ijms23021009

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Villacorta, H., Pickering, J. W., Horiuchi, Y., Olim, M., Coyne, C., Maisel, A. S., & Than, M. P. (2022). Machine learning with D-dimer in the risk stratification for pulmonary embolism: A derivation and internal validation study. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 11, 13-19. doi: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuab089

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Vincent, A., Pearson, S., Pickering, J. W., Weaver, J., Toney, L., Hamill, L., Hurrell, M., & Than, M. (2022). Sensitivity of modern multislice CT for subarachnoid haemorrhage at incremental timepoints after headache onset: A 10-year analysis. Emergency Medicine Journal, 39, 810-817. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2020-211068

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Abey-Nesbit, R., Peel, N. M., Matthews, H., Hubbard, R. E., Nishtala, P. S., Bergler, U., Deely, J. M., Pickering, J. W., Schluter, P. J., & Jamieson, H. A. (2021). Frailty of Māori, Pasifika, and non-Māori/non-Pasifika older people in New Zealand: A national population study of older people referred for home care services. Journals of Gerontology Series A, 76(6), 1101-1107. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaa265

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Heidari, K., Arani, M. A., Sheibani, M., Pickering, J. W., & Chouhdari, A. (2021). Comparison of two diagnostic protocols in the management of possible cardiac chest pain: One follow-up study in Iran. Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine, 12(2), 148-154. doi: 10.22088/cjim.12.2.148

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Lamba, M., Pickering, J. W., Than, M., Iles, S., & Beckert, L. (2021). Long-term outcomes in patients with pulmonary embolism: Results from a longitudinal cohort study. Internal Medicine Journal, 51, 699-704. doi: 10.1111/imj.14409

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Templeton, E. M., Cameron, V. A., Pickering, J. W., Richards, A. M., & Pilbrow, A. P. (2021). Emerging microRNA biomarkers for acute kidney injury in acute decompensated heart failure. Heart Failure Reviews, 26, 1203-1217. doi: 10.1007/s10741-020-09928-w

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Than, M. P., Pickering, J. W., Adamson, P., Clendon, T., Florkowski, C. M., Lainchbury, J., Loubser, J., … Aldous, S. J. (2021). Reducing patient risk and enhancing care through the development and implementation of a new chest pain pathway, expedited by and for the COVID-19 era. eJIFCC, 32(1), 27-40.

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Albert, C., Zapf, A., Haase, M., Röver, C., Pickering, J. W., Albert, A., … Haase-Fielitz, A. (2020). Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin measured on clinical laboratory platforms for the prediction of acute kidney injury and the associated need for dialysis therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 76(6), 826-841. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.05.015

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Burnside, M., Crocket, H., Mayo, M., Pickering, J., Tappe, A., & de Bock, M. (2020). Do-it-yourself automated insulin delivery: A leading example of the democratization of medicine. Journal of Diabetes Science & Technology, 14(5), 878-882. doi: 10.1177/1932296819890623

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Chan, M. Y., Efthymios, M., Tan, S. H., Pickering, J. W., Troughton, R., Pemberton, C., … Pilbrow, A., & Richards, A. M. (2020). Prioritizing candidates of post-myocardial infarction heart failure using plasma proteomics and single-cell transcriptomics. Circulation, 142, 1408-1421. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.119.045158

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Chiew, A. L., James, L. P., Isbister, G. K., Pickering, J. W., McArdle, K., Chan, B. S. H., & Buckley, N. A. (2020). Early acetaminophen-protein adducts predict hepatotoxicity following overdose (ATOM-5). Journal of Hepatology, 72, 450-462. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.10.030

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Diefenhardt, P., Pickering, J. W., & Heine, G. H. (2020). Erlaubt eine Bestimmung von FGF23 bei chronisch nierenkranken Menschen eine verbesserte Vorhersage renaler und kardiovaskulärer Ereignisse? [Does a determination of FGF23 in chronic kidney disease allow improved prediction of renal and cardiovascular events?]. Der Nephrologe, 15, 112-113. doi: 10.1007/s11560-019-00399-1

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Greenslade, J. H., Sieben, N., Parsonage, W. A., Knowlman, T., Ruane, L., Than, M., Pickering, J. W., … Cullen, L. (2020). Factors influencing physician risk estimates for acute cardiac events in emergency patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome. Emergency Medicine Journal, 37, 2-7. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2019-208916

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Hertzberg, D. P., Luksha, Y., Kus, I., Eslampia, P., Pickering, J. W., & Holzmann, M. J. (2020). Gait speed at discharge and risk for readmission or death: A prospective study of an emergency ward population. Open Access Emergency Medicine, 12, 127-135. doi: 10.2147/OAEM.S229479

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Jamieson, H. A., Abey-Nesbit, R., & Pickering, J. W. (2020). Effect of capacity to undertake instrumental activities of daily living on entry to aged residential care in older people with heart failure. Frontiers in Medicine, 7, 386. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00386

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Jamieson, H., Abey-Nesbit, R., Nishtala, P. S., Allore, H., Han, L., Deely, J. M., & Pickering, J. W. (2020). Predictors of residential care admission in community-dwelling older people with dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21(11), 1665-1670. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.04.021

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Pickering, J. W., Abey-Nesbit, R., Allore, H., & Jamieson, H. (2020). Development and validation of multivariable mortality risk-prediction models in older people undergoing an interRAI home-care assessment (RiskOP). eClinicalMedicine, 29-30, 100614. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100614

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Pickering, J. W., Young, J. M., George, P. M., Pemberton, C. J., Watson, A., Aldous, S. J., … Troughton, R. W., Richards, A. M., … Than, M. P. (2020). Early kinetic profiles of troponin I and T measured by high-sensitivity assays in patients with myocardial infarction. Clinica Chimica Acta, 505, 15-25. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2020.02.009

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Sanchis, J., Valero, E., Blas, S. G., Barba, E., Pernias, V., Miñana, G., … Pickering, J. W. (2020). Undetectable high-sensitivity troponin in combination with clinical assessment for risk stratification of patients with chest pain and normal troponin at hospital arrival. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 9(6), 567-575. doi: 10.1177/2048872620907539

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Adamson, P. D., McAllister, D., Pilbrow, A., Pickering, J. W., Poppe, K., Shah, A., Whalley, G., … Pemberton, C., Troughton, R. W., … Richards, A. M. (2019). Convalescent troponin and cardiovascular death following acute coronary syndrome. Heart, 105, 1717-1724. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315084

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Gutenstein, M., Pickering, J. W., & Than, M. (2019). Development of a digital clinical pathway for emergency medicine: Lessons from usability testing and implementation failure. Health Informatics Journal, 25(4), 1563-1571. doi: 10.1177/1460458218779099

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Hertzberg, D. P., Sartipy, U., Lund, L. H., Rydén, L., Pickering, J. W., & Holzmann, M. J. (2019). Heart failure and the risk of acute kidney injury in relation to ejection fraction in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. International Journal of Cardiology, 274, 66-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.09.092

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Hertzberg, D., Holzmann, M. J., Than, M., & Pickering, J. W. (2019). Acute kidney injury in patients presenting with chest pain to the emergency department: A descriptive study of the most common discharge diagnoses and mortality. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 26(4), 242-248. doi: 10.1097/mej.0000000000000552

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Nestelberger, T., Cullen, L., Lindahl, B., Reichlin, T., Greenslade, J. H., Giannitsis, E., … Pickering, J. W., Than, M., on behalf of the APACE, ADAPT and TRAPID-AMI Investigators. (2019). Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle branch block. Heart, 105, 1559-1567. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314673

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Neumann, J. T., Twerenbold, R., Ojeda, F., Sörensen, N. A., Chapman, A. R., Shah, A. S. V., … Pickering, J. W., Troughton, R. W., … Than, M., … Blankenberg, S. (2019). Application of high-sensitivity troponin in suspected myocardial infarction. New England Journal of Medicine, 380(26), 2529-2540. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1803377

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Than, M. P., Pickering, J. W., Sandoval, Y., Shah, A. S. V., Tsanas, A., Apple, F. S., … on behalf of the MI3 Collaborative. (2019). Machine learning to predict the likelihood of acute myocardial infarction. Circulation, 140, 899-909. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.119.041980

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Carlton, E. W., Pickering, J. W., Greenslade, J., Cullen, L., Than, M., Kendall, J., … Greaves, K. (2018). Assessment of the 2016 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence high-sensitivity troponin rule-out strategy. Heart, 104(8), 665-672. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-311983

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Farnaz, B., Payman, I., Mohammad, R., Pickering, J. W., & Seyed-Mostafa, H.-Z. (2018). Incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among referral outpatients to the internal medicine clinic. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics, 12(Suppl. 1), S323-S327. doi: 10.22377/ajp.v12i01

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Greenslade, J. H., Chung, K., Parsonage, W. A., Hawkins, T., Than, M., Pickering, J. W., & Cullen, L. (2018). Modification of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction risk score for patients presenting with chest pain to the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 30(1), 47-54. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12913

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