
Acute Heart Failure Syndromes (beta)
Official guideline from the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Summary by Eric Steinberg, DO
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Official guideline from the American College of Emergency Physicians.
- BNP <100 pg/mL or NT-proBNP <300 pg/mL acute heart failure syndrome unlikely (Approximate LR- = 0.1).
- BNP >500 pg/mL or NT-proBNP >1,000 pg/mL acute heart failure syndrome likely (Approximate LR+ = 6).
BNP conversion: 100 pg/mL=22 pmol/L; NT-proBNP conversion: 300 pg/mL=35 pmol/L