Diagnostic value of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide for pleural effusion due to heart failure: A meta-analysis

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1207-1211

  Zhou, Q ^a   Ye, Z J ^a   Su, Y ^a   Zhang, J C ^a   Shi, Huan Zhong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PUBLICATION BIAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954691051     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.188474     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. O'Neill JO, Taylor DO. Recent advances in the diagnosis of heart failure. Curr Cardiol Rep 2004;6:205-10.
2. Light RW. Clinical practice. pleural effusion. N Engl J Med 2002;346:1971-7.
3. Light RW, Macgregor MI, Luchsinger PC, et al. Pleural effusions: the diagnostic separation of transudates and exudates. Ann Intern Med 1972;77:507-13.
4. Romero S, Candela A, Martin C, et al. Evaluation of different criteria for the separation of pleural transudates from exudates. Chest 1993;104:399-404. (Pubitemid 23229506)
5. Porcel JM, Vives M, Vicente de Vera MC, et al. Useful tests on pleural fluid that distinguish transudates from exudates. Ann Clin Biochem 2001;38:671-5. (Pubitemid 33702273)
6. Vives M, Porcel JM, Vicente d V, et al. A study of Light's criteria and possible modifications for distinguishing exudative from transudative pleural effusions. Chest 1996;109:1503-7.
7. Gotsman I, Fridlender Z, Meirovitz A, et al. The evaluation of pleural effusions in patients with heart failure. Am J Med 2001;111:375-8. (Pubitemid 32913670)
8. McCullough PA, Omland T, Maisel AS. B-type natriuretic peptides: a diagnostic breakthrough for clinicians. Rev Cardiovasc Med 2003;4:72-80.
9. Tang WH, Francis GS, Morrow DA, et al. National academy of clinical biochemistry laboratory medicine practice guidelines: clinical utilization of cardiac biomarker testing in heart failure. Clin Biochem 2008;41:210-21.
10. Porcel JM. The use of probrain natriuretic peptide in pleural fluid for the diagnosis of pleural effusions resulting from heart failure. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2005;11:329-33.
11. Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, et al. Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative. BMJ 2003;326:41-4.
12. Whiting P, Rutjes AW, Reitsma JB, et al. The development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included in systematic reviews. BMC Med Res Methodol 2003;3:25.
13. Deville WL, Buntinx F, Bouter LM, et al. Conducting systematic reviews of diagnostic studies: didactic guidelines. BMC Med Res Methodol 2002;2:9.
14. Moses LE, Shapiro D, Littenberg B. Combining independent studies of a diagnostic test into a summary ROC curve: data-analytic approaches and some additional considerations. Stat Med 1993;12:1293-316.
15. Liang QL, Shi HZ, Qin XJ, et al. Diagnostic accuracy of tumour markers for malignant pleural effusion: a meta-analysis. Thorax 2008;63:35-41.
16. Vamvakas EC. Meta-analyses of studies of the diagnostic accuracy of laboratory tests: a review of the concepts and methods. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1998;122:675-86.
17. Irwig L, Macaskill P, Glasziou P, et al. Meta-analytic methods for diagnostic test accuracy. J Clin Epidemiol 1995;48:119-30.
18. Egger M, Davey SG, Schneider M, et al. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test. BMJ 1997;315:629-34.
19. Porcel JM, Vives M, Cao G, et al. Measurement of pro-brain natriuretic peptide in pleural fluid for the diagnosis of pleural effusions due to heart failure. Am J Med 2004;116:417-20.
20. Tomcsanyi J, Nagy E, Somloi M, et al. NT-brain natriuretic peptide levels in pleural fluid distinguish between pleural transudates and exudates. Eur J Heart Fail 2004;6:753-6. (Pubitemid 39470230)
21. Kolditz M, Halank M, Schiemanck CS, et al. High diagnostic accuracy of NT-proBNP for cardiac origin of pleural effusions. Eur Respir J 2006;28:144-50. (Pubitemid 44914272)
22. Porcel JM, Chorda J, Cao G, et al. 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 2007;12:654-9.
23. Han CH, Choi JE, Chung JH. Clinical utility of pleural fluid NT-pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in patients with pleural effusions. Intern Med 2008;47:1669-74.
24. Liao H, Na MJ, Dikensoy O, et al. Diagnostic value of pleural fluid N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide levels in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Respirology 2008;13:53-7.
25. Porcel JM, Martinez-Alonso M, Cao G, et al. Biomarkers of heart failure in pleural fluid. Chest 2009;136:671-7.
26. Seyhan EC, Altin S, Cetinkaya E, et al. The importance of pleural fluid and serum NT-proBNP levels in differentiating pleural effusion due to heart failure from other causes of effusion. Intern Med 2009;48:287-93.
27. Light RW. Use of pleural fluid N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide in diagnosing pleural effusion due to congestive heart failure. Chest 2009;136:656-8.
28. Romero-Candeira S, Fernandez C, Martin C, et al. Influence of diuretics on the concentration of proteins and other components of pleural transudates in patients with heart failure. Am J Med 2001;110:681-6.
29. Romero-Candeira S, Hernandez L, Romero-Brufao S, et al. Is it meaningful to use biochemical parameters to discriminate between transudative and exudative pleural effusions? Chest 2002;122:1524-9.
30. Glas AS, Lijmer JG, Prins MH, et al. The diagnostic odds ratio: a single indicator of test performance. J Clin Epidemiol 2003;56:1129-35.
31. Deeks JJ. Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests. In: Egger M, Smith GD, Altman DG, eds. Systematic reviews in health care. metaanalysis in context. London: BMJ Publishing Group, 2001:248-82.
32. Jaeschke R, Guyatt G, Lijmer J. Diagnostic tests. In: Guyatt G, Rennie D, eds. Users' guides to the medical literature. a manual for evidence-based clinical practice. Chicago: AMA Press, 2002:121-40.