Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 573-580, June 2005

Predictors of Elevated B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Concentrations in Dyspneic Patients Without Heart Failure: An Analysis From the Breathing Not Properly Multinational Study

From the University of California, San Diego, Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA (Maisel, Clopton); Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI (Nowak, McCord); University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Hollander); Hopital Bichat, Paris, France (Duc); Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway (Westheim, Klemsdal, Knudsen); University of Oslo, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway (Omland); University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH (Storrow); University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY (Abraham); Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT (Wu); and the William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI (McCullough)

Received 25 August 2004; received in revised form 30 November 2004; accepted 17 January 2005. published online 18 April 2005.

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 Author contributions: CWK, PC, AHBW, PD, JM, RMN, JEH, ABS, WTA, PMC, AM, and TO conceived and designed the study. JEH and ABS obtained funding, and AHBW, RMN, and WTA provided administrative/technical support. CWK, AHBW, PD, RMN, JEH, ABS, WTA, PMC, and AM participated in data acquisition. CWK, PC, AW, TOK, RMN, JEH, AM, and TO participated in data analysis and interpretation of data. CWK and TO drafted the manuscript. CWK, PC, and TO provided statistical expertise. PC, AW, TOK, AHBW, JM, RMN, JEH, ABS, WTA, PMC, AM, and TO critically revised the manuscript. TO and CWK take responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: Triage BNP devices and meters and some financial support were provided by Biosite, Inc., San Diego, CA. The following authors have received honoraria from the manufacturer of the BNP assay used in the study: Maisel, Clopton, Nowak, McCord, Hollander, Duc, Omland, Abraham, Wu, and McCullough.

PII: S0196-0644(05)00134-4

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.01.027

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 573-580, June 2005

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