title: [BNP and dyspnea: proposition of a diagnostic strategy based on two cut-off].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cut-off value of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) assayed with AxSYM BNP assay (Abbott). 86 patients have been included (mean age of 66 years). The clinical sensibility was 100% at 100 ng/L versus 80% at 250 ng/L. The clinical specificity was 66% at 100 ng/L versus 92% at 250 ng/L. The positive predictive value was 80% at 100 ng/L versus 92% at 250 ng/L. The negative predictive value was 100% at 100 ng/L versus 88% at 250 ng/L. The double cut-off strategy is more suitable to diagnose a dyspnea of cardiac origin than the usual strategy based on a single cut-off.value. With such a strategy, the two cut-off strategy improve the diagnosis of 9% in the total population.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de biologie Claude Bernard, France. redha.ababsa@ch-pontoise.fr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ababsa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jourdain
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Funck
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deschamps
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sadeg
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D012372:ROC Curve; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain