Open AccessThe usefulness of brain natriuretic peptide level in diagnosis and prognosis of patients admitted to critical care unit with shortness of breath
Author(s) -
Yazan Abdeen,
Parijat Sen,
Syed Atif Safdar,
Ram Katapally,
Ahmad Abu Arqoob,
Daphne Macbruce,
Hamid Shaaban,
Marc Adelman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.166611
Subject(s) - medicine , brain natriuretic peptide , intensive care unit , cohort , natriuretic peptide , retrospective cohort study , cardiology , correlation , volume overload , heart failure , geometry , mathematics
Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) is a polypeptide secreted by the ventricles as a response to cardio-myocyte stretching. Due to its cardiac origin and correlation with volume overload it has been successfully used for a long time in diagnosing and prognosticating Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema.