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Performance of N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in critically ill patients: a prospective observational cohort study
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* Corresponding author: Michael Darmon michael.darmon@sls.aphp.fr
1 Medical Intensive Care Unit, Saint-Louis University Hospital, AP-HP, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, Paris, 75010, France
2 Medical Intensive Care Unit, Dijon University Hospital, 1 boulevard Jeanne d'Arc, Dijon, 21079 Dijon cedex, France
3 Biochemistry Laboratory, Dijon University Hospital, 1 boulevard Jeanne d'Arc, Dijon, 21079 Dijon cedex, France
4 Université Paris-7 Paris-Diderot, UFR de Médecine, 75010 Paris, France
Critical Care 2008, 12:R137 doi:10.1186/cc7110
See related commentary by Collinson, http://ccforum.com/content/13/1/105
Published: 6 November 2008Additional files
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Table S1: Factor independently associated with hospital mortality when introduced in a logistic regression model; Figure S1: Relationship between N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level and creatinine clearance; Figure S2: Relationship between N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and patient age; Figure S3a: Accuracy of N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) measurement for diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction in patients without renal failure; Figure S3b: Accuracy of N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) measurement for diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction in patients with acute renal failure; Figure S4: Accuracy of N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) measurement for the prediction of hospital death in the overall population.
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