Brain natriuretic peptide in the evaluation of emergency department dyspnea: Is there a role?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-205

  Carpenter, Christopher R ^a   Keim, Samuel M ^b   Worster, Andrew ^c   Rosen, Peter ^b,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

congestive heart failure; cost effectiveness; natriuretic peptide; outcomes

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857045983     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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