Journal article
Use of BNP and NT-proBNP for the diagnosis of heart failure in the emergency department: a systematic review of the evidence
Abstract
Our purpose was to determine the test performance characteristics of BNP and NT-proBNP in the diagnosis of heart failure for patients presenting to an emergency department or urgent care center. We searched Medline, Embase, AMED, Cochrane, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and CINAHL for English-language articles published between 1989 and June 2012. Studies were limited to those using FDA-approved assays. We examined test performance at …
Authors
Hill SA; Booth RA; Santaguida PL; Don-Wauchope A; Brown JA; Oremus M; Ali U; Bustamam A; Sohel N; McKelvie R
Journal
Heart Failure Reviews, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 421–438
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
August 2014
DOI
10.1007/s10741-014-9447-6
ISSN
1382-4147