B-type natriuretic peptide testing, clinical outcomes, and health services use in emergency department patients With dyspnea a randomized trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 365-371

  Schneider, Hans Gerhard ^a,b   Lam, Louisa ^c   Lokuge, Amaali ^d   Krum, Henry ^c   Naughton, Matthew T ^e   Smit, Pieter De Villiers ^d   Bystrzycki, Adam ^d   Eccleston, David ^a   Federman, Jacob ^f   Flannery, Genevieve ^g   Cameron, Peter ^c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Alfred Pathology Service   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Emergency Department Epworth HealthCare   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

^f Alfred Health   (Australia)

^g Alfred Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; STEROID; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 62549158213     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-6-200903170-00004     Document Type: Article

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