European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 58-62 , January 2009

Introduction of an NT-proBNP assay to an acute admission unit — A 2-year audit

  • Gillian Murtagh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine, St. James' Hospital, Ireland
    • ,
  • Carla Canniffe

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine, St. James' Hospital, Ireland
    • ,
  • Mohamed Mahgoub

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine, St. James' Hospital, Ireland
    • ,
  • Liam Blake

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Biochemistry, St. James' Hospital, Ireland
    • ,
  • Nuala McCarroll

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Biochemistry, St. James' Hospital, Ireland
    • ,
  • Vivion Crowley

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Biochemistry, St. James' Hospital, Ireland
    • ,
  • Kathleen Bennett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Centre at St. James' Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • ,
  • Bernard Silke

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine, St. James' Hospital, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James' Hospital, James' Street, Dublin 8. Ireland. Tel.: +353 1 608 1563; fax: +353 1 453 9033.

Received 17 August 2007 ,Revised 12 February 2008 ,Accepted 27 April 2008.

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☆ Data previously presented at the Meeting of the Irish Association of Internal Medicine April 2007 and the Irish Society of Angiology 6th Annual Meeting November 2006.

PII: S0953-6205(08)00141-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.04.021

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 58-62 , January 2009

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