Routine use of natriuretic peptides: Lessons from a big data analysis.
François-Xavier GoudotS MsadekT BoukertoutaP O SchischmanoffChristophe MeunePublished in: Annals of clinical biochemistry (2021)
Among a very large cohort, we observed that natriuretic peptides remain largely undermeasured. NT-proBNP is mostly measured in elderly patients, and its interpretation may be hazardous in up to 16% of all individuals because no measurement of creatinine was associated to NT-proBNP.