A study of Brain Natriuretic Peptide levels in acute cardiac failure
Journal Title: International Archives of Integrated Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: The clinical diagnosis of heart failure may be difficult and may pose a particular challenge in patients presenting with acute shortness of breath (SOB) in the emergency department (ED). The present study was done to identify easily the heart failure patients and their prognostication by doing BNP level. Materials and methods: The study group consisted of patients 50 patients presenting to the hospital with acute cardiac failure diagnosed on the basis of Framingham Criteria and excluded the patients with creatinine level >2mg/dl. Results: We found high BNP levels in patients with high NYHA class of failure, high CPKMB value, more LVEDD, low ejection fraction, diastolic dysfunction and mortality is also high in those patients. Conclusion: This study showed higher value of BNP level in patients with low ejaction fraction, with diastolic dysfunction, with higher NYHA class and with higher mortality. We can recognize the importance of BNP level as a marker of both diagnostic and prognostic significance. The value of such an investigation in the overall treatment of acute Dyspnea on Exertion in the emergency department cannot be understated. BNP levels can help doctors in the ED to both effectively and conclusively diagnose and prognosticate heart failure.
Authors and Affiliations
Bhavik Prajapati, Anirudh Kulkarni
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP414180
- DOI -
- Views 150
- Downloads 0
Unveiling the risk factors behind melasma: An observational study
Background: Melasma is a common, acquired, recurrent and chronic disorder of hypermelanosis. It is distributed symmetrically and affects the sun-exposed areas mainly the face (forehead, cheeks, upper lip and chin), and m...
Idiopathic Calcinosis Cutis in Scrotum - A Rare Subtype
Idiopathic calcinosis cutis is a rare disorder and occurs in the absence of known tissue injury or systemic metabolic defect. It is a skin calcification process with abnormal deposits of calcium phosphate in the skin in...
Community based cross-sectional study on treatment seeking behavior of rural adolescent girls
Introduction: Adolescence is critical period of life. Many adolescent females suffer from menstrual and other reproductive problems. Materials and methods: Cross sectional community based study was conducted upon adoles...
Sequential use of clomiphene citrate and human menopausal gonadotropin in anovulatory infertility
Background: Infertility is a complex disorder with significant medical, psychosocial and economic aspects. Infertility causes great distress to many couples, causing increased numbers of them to seek specialist fertility...
Role of thoracoscopic pleural biopsy in low Adenosin DeAminase pleural effusions: A hospital based cross sectional study
Background: To obtain the good amount of specimen by biopsy for proper diagnosis, thoracoscopy is a very good tool. Using thoracoscopy the diagnostic accuracy can reach 100% whereas the diagnostic accuracy of the closed...