Author/Editor | Klemen, Petra; Grmec, Štefek; Prosen, Gregor | |
Title | Uporaba kvantitativne kapnometrije in hitrega testa za določanje NT-proBNP pri diferencialni diagnostiki dihalne stiske v predbolnišničnem okolju | |
Type | članek | |
Source | In: Gričar M, Vajd R, editors. Urgentna medicina: izbrana poglavja 2008. Zbornik 15. mednarodni simpozij o urgentni medicini; 2008 jun 11-14; Portorož. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino, | |
Publication year | 2008 | |
Volume | str. 233-5 | |
Language | slo | |
Abstract | The differentiation between cardiac and respiratory causes of dyspnea remains a clinical challenge, especially in prehospital setting. This study was undertaken to determine the role of quantitative capnometry and rapid bedside NT-proBNP testing in the evaluation of respiratory distress in the field. NT-proBNP measurement is a reliable method in identification of acute heart failure and its differentiation from obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with respiratory distress in prehospital setting. The combined use of NT-proBNP, capnometry and clinical assessment introduces the best result. | |
Summary | Diferencialna diagnostika akutne dihalne stiske na terenu predstavlja klinični izziv, posebno pri razmejitvi srčnega in respiratornega vzroka. Namen naše raziskave je bil določiti vlogo hitrega testa za NT-proBNP in kvantitativne kapnometrije pri razmejitvi vzroka dihalne stiske. Rezultati so pokazali, da je določanje vrednosti NT-proBNP zanesljiva metoda, ki nam pomaga razlikovati med srčnim popuščanjem in obstruktivnimi boleznimi dihal (astmo, KOPB) kot vzrokom dihalne stiske. Najboljši rezultati so doseženi ob kombinirani uporabi NT-proBNP, kapnometrije in klinične ocene. | |
Descriptors | RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL |