Clinical biochemistry
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Clinical biochemistry · Nov 2005
NT-proBNP in the differential diagnosis of acute dyspnea in the emergency department.
The purpose of this study was to verify the usefulness of NT-proBNP in the differential diagnosis of dyspnea in a population of patients presenting in the ER with breathlessness. ⋯ NT-proBNP measurement represents a useful biochemical tool helping the ER physician in the rapid and reliable recognition of cardiac involvement in patients presenting in the ER with acute-severe dyspnea.