Clinical utility of pleural fluid NT-pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in patients with pleural effusions

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 1669-1674

  Han, Chang Hoon ^a   Choi, Jung Eun ^b   Chung, Jae Ho ^b  

^a National Health Insurance Corporation   (South Korea)

^b Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Natriuretic peptides; Pleural effusion; Transudates

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PNEUMONIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 56349092360     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1276     Document Type: Article

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