Sentence examples for absolute bnp from inspiring English sources
An absolute BNP concentration of <300 pg/ml at discharge was also negatively predictive.
Combined, the predictive value was improved with a change in BNP concentration of <46% at discharge with an absolute BNP concentration of >300 pg/ml giving an odds ratio for adverse events of 9.61.
Some distinctions can be made in terms of absolute BNP concentrations observed in different conditions, but the plethora of potential causes of cardiac dysfunction and thus BNP release in patients with complex multiorgan dysfunction has limited the interpretation of BNP concentrations in the critical care setting.
If the patients whose drop in BNP level was less than 25% on the first day of treatment, after an additional day still does not decrease their absolute BNP value to below 300 pg/mL, a pulmonary arterial catheter should be inserted and/or a therapy with inotropes should be taken into consideration.
BNP and NT-proBNP levels were also higher when galectin-3 levels were higher (P for trend 0.087 and < 0.001, respectively); however, absolute differences in BNP and NT-proBNP were rather small patients in the lowest quartile of galectin-3 had a median BNP of 339 pg/mL and in the highest quartile 518 pg/mL.
These data indicate that the magnitude of the decrease in BNP and the absolute level of BNP at hospital discharge are predictors of adverse events.
In the future, more intention to treat studies should be properly designed to consider new therapeutic strategies for those non-responsive patients to the traditional treatment in terms of BNP percentage and absolute value reduction.
But, from our observational study, it resulted that if we coupled clinical improvement and evaluation, at discharge time, of BNP percentage changes and absolute value we could have additive information on the prognosis of these patients.
We demonstrated that a reduction of BNP >46% at hospital discharge coupled with a BNP absolute value <300 pg/ml resulted in a very powerful negative prognostic value for future cardiovascular outcomes in patients hospitalised with ADHF [ 8].
A reduction of 46% or greater of BNP at discharge coupled with BNP absolute value below 300 pg/ml demonstrate a strong negative prognostic value for future cardiovascular events.
