Utility of B-type natriuretic peptide testing in the emergency department

Arch Intern Med. 2006 Nov 13;166(20):2287; author reply 2288. doi: 10.1001/archinte.166.20.2287-b.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aged
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dyspnea / blood
  • Dyspnea / diagnosis
  • Dyspnea / economics*
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / economics
  • Female
  • Fluoroimmunoassay / economics
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay / economics
  • Male
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / economics*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Single-Blind Method

Substances

  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain