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ArticleJournal of the Saudi Heart Association2020

N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide as a biomarker for differentiating cardiac and pulmonary disease in term neonates with respiratory distress.

Azza Mohamed Ahmed, Nagwa Abd El-Ghffar Mohamed, Enas Mokhtar Abdelhamid, Randa Ibrahim Taha, Maha M A Abo-Hashish

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Article in Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Azza Mohamed AhmedPediatrics Department, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.
Nagwa Abd El-Ghffar MohamedClinical and Chemical Pathology Department, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.
Enas Mokhtar AbdelhamidPediatrics Department, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.
Randa Ibrahim TahaEl Galaa Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
Maha M A Abo-HashishPediatrics Department, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.
National Water Research Center · EG

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Abstract

objectiveBrain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is synthesized in the cardiac ventricles and released in response to volume or pressure load. The aim of the study was to determine whether plasma level of N-terminal pro BNP (NT-pro BNP) can distinguish between cardiac and pulmonary disease (PD) among neonates with respiratory distress (RD). PATIENTS AND

methodsThe study included 48 term neonates in the first month of life with signs of RD. They were recruited from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Al-Galaa Teaching Hospital. Twenty-six healthy neonates were included as a control group. The degree of RD was assessed using Silverman-Anderson score. Chest X-ray, echocardiography, and laboratory measurement of NT-pro BNP were performed.

resultsAccording to the underlying disease, neonates with RD were divided into 28 neonates with PD and 20 neonates with congenital heart disease (CHD). Regardless the etiology of RD, NT-pro BNP was significantly higher in the RD group than in the control (

conclusionTerm neonates with RD have increased plasma levels of NT-pro BNP. NT-pro BNP is a very good test for identification of CHD in neonates with RD, in comparison with PD. Therefore, plasma NT-pro BNP can be used to differentiate between cardiac and pulmonary cause of RD.

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Congenital heart diseaseNeonatesNT-pro BNPRespiratory distress

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