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Natriuretic Peptides results - what to do next?
For the acutely unwell patient refer to hospital. If managed in primary care with fluid overload, consider starting loop diuretic
NOTE: NICE clearly advocate using NT-proBNP due to its sensitivity and specificity. Where this test is not available use BNP
Contents:
- Detection
- Diagnosis
- Acute Heart Failure: Diagnosis and management
- Chronic heart failure: Management and treatment
- Discharge and follow-up
- Palliative and psychological care
- Digital support
In this section
- Diagnosis - Home
- Signs and symptoms of heart failure
- Investigations for diagnosis
- Past medical history and causes of heart failure
- Natriuretic peptides results - what to do next?
- Heart failure unlikely. What else could it be?
- Assessing severity, aetiology and precipitating factors
- Resources for diagnosis
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(c) British Society for Heart Failure, 2022-
