N-terminal pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptides' Prognostic Utility Is Overestimated in Meta-analyses Using Study-specific...

Danielle Potgieter¹, Dale Simmers, Lisa Ryan+16

• ¹From the Department of Anaesthesia, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, South Africa (D.P., D.S.); Department of Anaesthesia, Greys Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (L.R.); Department of Anaesthetics, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa (B.M.B.); Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (G.A.L.-B.); Cardioncology Unit, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy (D.M.C.); Departments of Aged Care, Northern Clinical Research Centre, The Northern Hospital, Epping, Victoria, Australia, and Department of Medicine, Austin and Northern Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (C.P.W.C., K.W.L.); Department of Vascular and General Surgery and Angiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland (M.C.); Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria (S.I.F., E.M.); Department for Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Clinic for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Clinical Center Nis, School of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia (R.J.J.); Departments of Urology, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport and Wrightington, Wigan, and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Wigan, United Kingdom (R.M.); Department of Medicine and Health, Linköping University and Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden (A.O.); Department of General Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas (M.P.P.); Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, NHS Grampian, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom (S.R.); Department of Cardio logy, University of Melbourne, Northern Health, Epping, Victoria, Australia (W.J.V.G.); Cardiac Diagnostics Unit, M. Pirogow Provincial Specialist Hospital, Lodz, Poland (M.W.); and D