Comparing serum and pleural fluid pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels with pleural-to-serum albumin gradient for the identification of cardiac effusions misclassified by Light's criteria

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 654-659

  Porcel, José M ^a,c   Chorda, José ^a   Cao, Gonzalo ^a   Esquerda, Aureli ^a   Ruiz González, Agustin ^a   Vives, Manuel ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b Division of Internal Medicine   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albumin gradient; Congestive heart failure; Natriuretic peptides; Pleural effusion; Protein gradient; Transudate

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRAIN PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 34548677746     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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