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The hypothesis of this study was that implementation of the PreAct algorithm would increase the positive predictive value (PPV) of prehospital activation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1049023X20000606_as2\" sec-type=\"other\"><jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is an observational pre-\/post-study of the effect of the implementation of the PreAct algorithm for patients with suspected STEMI transported to one of five STEMI Receiving Centers (SRCs) within the LAC Regional System. The primary outcome was the PPV of cardiac catheterization laboratory activation for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). The secondary outcome was FMC2B.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1049023X20000606_as3\" sec-type=\"other\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 1,877 patients were analyzed for the primary outcome in the pre-intervention period and 405 patients in the post-intervention period. There was an overall decrease in cardiac catheterization laboratory activations, from 67% in the pre-intervention period to 49% in the post-intervention period (95% CI for the difference, -14% to -22%). The overall rate of cardiac catheterization declined in post-intervention period as compared the pre-intervention period, from 34% to 30% (95% CI, for the difference -7.6% to 0.4%), but actually increased for subjects who had activation (48% versus 58%; 95% CI, 4.6%-15.0%). Implementation of the PreAct algorithm was associated with an increase in the PPV of activation for PCI or CABG from 37.9% to 48.6%. The overall odds ratio (OR) associated with the intervention was 1.4 (95% CI, 1.1-1.8). The effect of the intervention was to decrease variability between medical centers. There was no associated change in average FMC2B.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1049023X20000606_as4\" sec-type=\"other\"><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p>The implementation of the PreAct algorithm in the LAC EMS system was associated with an overall increase in the PPV of cardiac catheterization laboratory activation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1049023x20000606","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,20]],"date-time":"2020-05-20T08:29:50Z","timestamp":1589963390000},"page":"388-396","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["The Effect of Implementation of the American Heart Association Mission Lifeline PreAct Algorithm for Prehospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Activation on the Rate of \u201cFalse Positive\u201d Activations"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"35","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4352-2998","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Juliana","family":"Tolles","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nichole","family":"Bosson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amy H.","family":"Kaji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Timothy D.","family":"Henry","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"William J.","family":"French","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marianne","family":"Gausche-Hill","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kevin","family":"Andruss","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nathan","family":"McNeil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eric C.","family":"Nakkim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gregory S.","family":"Thomas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael R.","family":"Gunderson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roger J.","family":"Lewis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1049023X20000606_ref11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10903120802471980"},{"key":"S1049023X20000606_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jacc.2005.08.065"},{"key":"S1049023X20000606_ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jcin.2018.07.020"},{"key":"S1049023X20000606_ref23","unstructured":"23. 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