Open AccessDynamics of brain natriuretic peptide in critically ill patients with severe sepsis and septic shock
Author(s) -
Amr S Omar,
Md. Mizanur Rahman,
Gurdeep S. Dhatt,
Gubril O Salami,
Said Abuhasna
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.115347
Subject(s) - medicine , septic shock , sepsis , natriuretic peptide , apache ii , intensive care unit , shock (circulatory) , brain natriuretic peptide , multivariate analysis , severe sepsis , intensive care medicine , cardiology , heart failure
Changes of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in sepsis and its utility in predicting intensive care unit outcomes remains a conflicting issue. To investigate the changes in plasma levels of BNP in patients with severe sepsis/septic shock and to study the association of BNP levels with the severity of the disease and prognosis of those patients.