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ArticleJournal of emergencies, trauma, and shock

The usefulness of brain natriuretic peptide level in diagnosis and prognosis of patients admitted to critical care unit with shortness of breath.

Yazan Abdeen, Parijat Sen, Syed Safdar, Ram Katapally, Ahmad Abu Arqoob, Daphne Macbruce, Hamid Shaaban, Marc Adelman

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Article in Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shock. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yazan AbdeenDepartment of Critical Care, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA ; Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Parijat SenDepartment of Critical Care, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA ; Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Syed SafdarDepartment of Critical Care, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA ; Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Ram KatapallyDepartment of Critical Care, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA ; Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Ahmad Abu ArqoobDepartment of Critical Care, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA ; Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Daphne MacbruceDepartment of Critical Care, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA ; Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Hamid ShaabanDepartment of Critical Care, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA ; Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Marc AdelmanDepartment of Critical Care, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA ; Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Saint Michael's Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBrain 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. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this retrospective cohort study, an attempt was made to observe any correlation between admission BNP levels with APACHE II scores and length of ICU stay, in patients admitted with dyspnea to the ICU of a community based hospital. RESULTS/

conclusionThis study showed no significant correlation between length of stay in an ICU and admission BNP levels in dyspneic patients. Independent variables such as age and gender failed to show any coorelation either.

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Brain natriuretic peptidecritical care unitdyspnea

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PMID26604526
PMCPMC4626937
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