Centralization of emergency hospital care is not associated with increased in-hospital mortality; a population-based cohort study.

Background: We describe changes in the distance travelled, the utilization of emergency services, and the inhospital mortality before and after the centralization of hospital emergency services in Denmark.

Methods: All unplanned non-psychiatric hospital contacts from adults (aged ≥18 years) in 2008 and 2016 are included. Analyses are age-standardized and conducted at a municipality level.

Can High-Sensitivity Troponins Predict Future Hypertension? A Systematic Literature Review.

Hypertension (HT) is associated with cardiovascular events and increased mortality, and identification of persons at risk in due time is therefore important. Finding a biomarker to identify those at risk will enable early preventive treatment, and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) seems to be a highly relevant candidate. To gather the existing knowledge on the association between hs-cTn and future HT, a systematic literature review was conducted following the (PRISMA) reporting guidelines and using the PICOS system.