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Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 71-77 , July 2008

N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide testing in the emergency department: Beneficial effects on hospitalization, costs, and outcome

Joost H.W. Rutten, MD
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical College-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ewout W. Steyerberg, PhD
- Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical College-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Frans Boomsma, PhD
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical College-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Jan L.C.M. van Saase, MD, PhD
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical College-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Jaap W. Deckers, MD, PhD
- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical College-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Henk C. Hoogsteden, MD, PhD
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus Medical College-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Jan Lindemans, PhD
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Erasmus Medical College-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Anton H. van den Meiracker, MD, PhD
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical College-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Reprint requests: Anton H. van den Meiracker, MD, PhD, Erasmus MC, Department of Internal Medicine, Room D 432, 's-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.