Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9960443 | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The BNPs are markedly elevated, yet show only weak correlations to PCWP in ICU patients requiring invasive hemodynamic monitoring. Thus, a single value for BNP or NT-proBNP may not be a clinically useful noninvasive marker of filling pressures in the critically ill patient. This appears to be especially true in patients with impaired renal function.
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Authors
Paul R. MD, Stanley P. MD, J. Eduardo MD, Kerry J. EdD, Edward P. MD,