N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Emergency Department

James L. Januzzi; Annabel Chen‐Tournoux; Robert H. Christenson; Gheorghe Doros; Judd E. Hollander; Phillip D. Levy; John Tobias Nagurney; Richard M. Nowak; Peter S. Pang; Darshita Patel; W. Franklin Peacock; E. Joy Rivers; Elizabeth Walters; Hanna K. Gaggin

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.01.021

March 1, 2018Journal of the American College of CardiologyOpen Access

N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Emergency Department

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Does NT-proBNP testing aid in the diagnosis or exclusion of acute heart failure in acutely dyspneic patients in the emergency department?

Structured PICO

Does NT-proBNP testing aid in the diagnosis or exclusion of acute heart failure in acutely dyspneic patients in the emergency department?

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Population

Acutely dyspneic patients seen in the emergency department setting

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Intervention

NT-proBNP measurement (using age-stratified cutpoints and a <300 pg/ml exclusion threshold)

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Outcome

Diagnosis of acute heart failuresurrogate

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Implication

In the emergency department, an NT-proBNP level below 300 pg/ml is a strong rule-out test for acute heart failure in patients presenting with acute dyspnea.

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