Emergency thoracic ultrasound in the differentiation of the etiology of shortness of breath (ETUDES): Sonographic B-lines and N-terminal Pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide in diagnosing congestive heart failure

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-210

  Liteplo, Andrew S ^a   Marill, Keith A ^a   Villen, Tomas ^a,b   Miller, Robert M ^a,c   Murray, Alice F ^a,d   Croft, Peter E ^a,e   Capp, Roberta ^a   Noble, Vicki E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^c NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet tails; Congestive heart failure; Dyspnea; Emergency; NT ProBNP; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 62249133742     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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