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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Point-of-care panel assessment was associated with an increased rate of successful discharge (358/1125 (32 %) vs 146/1118 (13 %) ; OR 3. 81, 95 % CI 3. 01 to 4. 82 ; p < 0. 001), reduced median length of initial hospital stay (8. 8 vs 14. 2 & emsp14 ; h ; p < 0. 001) and greater use of coronary care (50/1125 (4. 0 %) vs 31/1118 (3. 0 %) ; p = 0. 041), but no difference in mean length of initial stay (29. 6 vs 31. 7 & emsp14 ; h ; p = 0. 462), mean inpatient days over follow-up (1. 8 vs 1. 7 ; p = 0. 815) or major adverse events (36 (3 %) vs 26 (2 %) ; OR 1. 31, 95 % CI 0. 78 to 2. 20 ; p = 0. 313).