Plasma B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with pleural effusions: Preliminary observations

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1003-1009

  Gegenhuber, Alfons ^a   Mueller, Thomas ^a   Dieplinger, Benjamin ^a   Lenz, Kurt ^a   Poelz, Werner ^b   Haltmayers, Meinhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Exudates; Heart failure; Natriuretic peptides; Paracentesis; Pleural effusion; Transudates

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 23744443918     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.2.1003     Document Type: Article

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