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Clinical Uncertainty, Diagnostic Accuracy, and Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients Presenting With Dyspnea

Author(s) -

Sandy M. Green

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.168.7.741

Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , receiver operating characteristic , clinical judgment , acute decompensated heart failure , clinical practice , natriuretic peptide , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , clinical significance , heart failure , physical therapy , psychiatry , medical physics

Dyspnea is a common complaint in the emergency department (ED) and may be a diagnostic challenge. We hypothesized that diagnostic uncertainty in this setting is associated with adverse outcomes, and amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) testing would improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce diagnostic uncertainty.

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