2). The dual-camera setup allows us to test for consistency of BNP-Track’s emitter number and track determination across cameras. In subsequent tests, we use noise-overlaid synthetic data for which the ground truth is known30,34 (Figs. 3 and 4 and Supplementary Fig. 2) and finally ...
Therefore, knowledge of BNP levels may predict outcomes but does not yetdictatetreatment in the chronic management of heart failure. For this reason, BNP should not be used as astand-alonetest when guiding therapy in cardiac disease....
On the other hand, there has been much confusion over the restandardization of a high sensitivity troponin I or T test (hs-Tn(I or T). The reference range declines precipitously, and there is a good identification of patients who are for the most part disease free, but there is no deli...
NP testing is felt to be the single most useful test to add to the diagnostic pathway for heart failure in primary care and has been shown to be cost effective. We evaluated the utility of NT-proBNP testing by GPs in BaNES (Bath and North East Somerset), Wiltshire and Somerset and ...
The x2 test or Fisher's exact test was used to compare cate- gorical variables. The correlation between percentage BNP reduction and percentage BW reduction was assessed with Spearman's correlation test. The log rank test and KaplanÀMeier curve analysis were used to compare the event-free ...
the RCTs presented, treating physicians were not blinded. They had to know the BNP result in order to act upon it. This was a necessary methodological design, but it does increase the chance of bias, especially when measuring subjective outcomes that the unblinded physicians have control over....
The reaction was terminated for control value--see below, or media was aspirated and incubation media with test sample was added. The reaction was continued for 10 min., then 0.5 ml of ice cold 12% Trichloro Acetic Acid was added to stop the reaction and extract the cyclic nucleotides. ...
In addition, 15 patients were considered to have congestive heart failure who did not (over-diagnosed). 97% (29 out of 30) of these patients would have been accurately diagnosed had the blinded BNP result been available. The Triage? BNP Test is indicated for use as an aid in the ...
2). The dual-camera setup allows us to test for consistency of BNP-Track’s emitter number and track determination across cameras. In subsequent tests, we use noise-overlaid synthetic data for which the ground truth is known30,34 (Figs. 3 and 4 and Supplementary Fig. 2) and finally ...
An of the study "BNP Usefulness for Diagnosing Heart Failure in Elderly Patients (BUD Study): About 300 Patients Over 75," by P. Jourdain and colleagues is presented.JourdainP.LogeartD.MahmoudE.FunckF.DeschampsAlibayEBSCO_AspEuropean Journal of Heart Failure...