acute respiratory failure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The target participants are as follows; 1) Adult patients who are 15 or more years old. 2) Presentation to ED or ICU with acute respiratory failure or dyspnea. 3) Bilateral pulmonary edema is demonstrated in chest X-ray. Study that was performed to distinguish between acute respiratory distress syndrome and cardiopulmonary edema with BNP or NT-proBNP.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: acute respiratory failure due to heart failure.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the diagnostic accuracy of the BNP and NT-proBNP for diagnosis of CPE in patients with acute respiratory failure. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
National Defense Medical College Psychiatry Department