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

 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

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