B-type natriuretic levels in critically ill patients: critically misleading?

Although B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) has been used for the diagnosis of congestive heart failure in many clinical settings, its diagnostic role in critically ill patients remains uncertain. The body of literature suggests that BNP and N-terminal pro-BNP levels are not useful for the diagnosis o...

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Autor principal: Dokainish, Hisham
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2750141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19664172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7938

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2750141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19664172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7938

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