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Matthew J Reed1, Louise Gibson

  • 1Emergency Medicine Research Group, Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. matthew.reed@luht.scot.nhs.uk

Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ
|February 5, 2011
PubMed
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Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels increase after syncope, peaking between 18 hours and 1 week. This study tracked BNP changes in older adults following emergency department visits for syncope.

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