American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 555-560, June 2008

N-Terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide testing for short-term prognosis in breathless older adults☆

  • Camille Chenevier-Gobeaux, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry A, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France
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  • Jean-Christophe Allo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France
    • ,
  • Martine Arthaud, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Emergency Biology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, 47-83 boulevard de l'hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
    • ,
  • R. Achkar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, 47-83 boulevard de l'hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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  • Yan-Eric Claessens, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France
    • ,
  • O.G. Ekindjian, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France
    • ,
  • Bruno Riou, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, 47-83 boulevard de l'hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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  • Patrick Ray, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, 47-83 boulevard de l'hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Service d'Accueil des Urgences, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 boulevard de l'hôpital, 75013 Paris, France. Tel.: +33 1 42 17 72 49; fax: +33 1 42 17 72 64.

Received 18 April 2007; received in revised form 23 August 2007; accepted 23 August 2007.

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☆ The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The manufacturer (Roche Diagnostics) provided the diagnostic tests free of charge.

PII: S0735-6757(07)00547-5

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2007.08.027

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 555-560, June 2008

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