Objective: To develop consensus statements for the diagnosis and management of corticosteroid
insufficiency in critically ill adult patients. Participants: A multidisciplinary, multispecialty …

Objectives : Using a prospective study design, we assessed the value of brain natriuretic
peptide (BNP) to identify patients with heart failure who have an increased risk of deterioration …

Rationale: The detection of pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic lung disease
has prognostic implications. The brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) has been suggested as a …

Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of brain natriuretic
peptide (BNP) levels in the assessment of functional status and right heart performance in …

Introduction Acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) and volume loading (VL) are standard
blood-sparing procedures. However, VL is associated with hypervolemia, which may cause …

BACKGROUND Novel mass spectrometric techniques such as atmospheric pressure
ionization and tandem mass spectrometry have substantially extended the spectrum of clinical …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can develop in lung fibrosis, and contributes to increased
morbidity and mortality. Noninvasive parameters in the evaluation of PH in lung disease could …

During the past decade, tandem mass spectrometry hyphenated to liquid chromatography
separation systems (HPLC–MS/MS) has developed to an important technology in clinical …

Objective: To refine the value of baseline and adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH)-stimulated
cortisol levels in relation to mortality from severe sepsis or septic shock. Design: …

Background:N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a byproduct of the brain
natriuretic peptide (BNP) that was shown to be of prognostic value in pulmonary …