Table 2

Characteristics of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal pro-BNP assays

Reference
BNP/NT-proBNP
Assay
Manufacturer
Kind of assay
Cutoff, pg/mL
Elevated BNP, percentage

Kucher, et al. [1]
BNP
Fluorescence immunoassay
Biosite (San Diego, USA)
Quantitative
90
43.8
Ten Wolde, et al. [2]
BNP
Immunoradiometric assay
Shionoria (Osaka, Japan)
Quantitative
21.7
33
Pieralli, et al. [3]
BNP
Fluorescence immunoassay
Biosite
Quantitative
527
67
Krüger, et al. [4]
BNP
Immunofluorometric assay
Biosite
Quantitative
90
40
Tulevski, et al. [5]
BNP
Immunoradiometric assay
Shionoria
Quantitative
10
50
Logeart, et al. [6]
BNP
Fluorescence immunoassay
Biosite
Quantitative
100
70
Ray, et al. [7]
BNP
Fluorescence immunoassay
BioMérieux (Marcy l'Etoile, France)
Quantitative
200
43
Pruszczyk, et al. [8]
NT-proBNP
ECLIA
Roche (Basel, Switzerland)
Quantitative
NA
83.5
Kucher, et al. [9]
NT-proBNP
ECLIA
Roche
Quantitative
500
57
Kostrubiec, et al. [10]
NT-proBNP
ECLIA
Roche
Quantitative
600
39
Binder, et al. [11]
NT-proBNP
ECLIA
Roche
Quantitative
1,000
54
Maziere, et al. [12]
NT-proBNP
ECLIA
Roche
Quantitative
1,000
43

ECLIA, enhanced chemiluminescence immunoassay; NA, not applicable; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide. Triage BNP test is manufactured by Biosite (San Diego, USA).

Coutance et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R109   doi:10.1186/cc6996