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Natriuretic peptide testing for the evaluation of critically ill patients with shock in the intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study

INTRODUCTION: Amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is useful in evaluating heart failure, but its role in evaluating patients with shock in the intensive care unit (ICU) is not clear. METHOD: Forty-nine consecutive patients in four different ICUs with shock of various types and w...

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Autores principales: Januzzi, James L, Morss, Alexander, Tung, Roderick, Pino, Richard, Fifer, Michael A, Thompson, B Taylor, Lee-Lewandrowski, Elizabeth
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc4839