2019
Blood urea nitrogen variation upon admission and at discharge in patients with heart failure
Khoury J, Bahouth F, Stabholz Y, Elias A, Mashiach T, Aronson D, Azzam Z. Blood urea nitrogen variation upon admission and at discharge in patients with heart failure. ESC Heart Failure 2019, 6: 809-816. PMID: 31199082, PMCID: PMC6676277, DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12471.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood urea nitrogenDay mortality rateHeart failureHigher BUN levelsPrognostic predictorBUN levelsMortality rateAcute decompensated heart failureDecompensated heart failureLong-term mortalityBrain natriuretic peptideGlomerular filtration rateShort-term mortalityLack of improvementBUN changeDay mortalityHospital stayCreatinine levelsFirst hospitalizationFirst admissionWorse prognosisMean ageNatriuretic peptidePrognostic valueRetrospective study
2017
The prognostic value of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in non-cardiac patients with sepsis, ultra-long follow-up
Khoury J, Arow M, Elias A, Makhoul B, Berger G, Kaplan M, Mashiach T, Ismael-Badarneh R, Aronson D, Azzam Z. The prognostic value of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in non-cardiac patients with sepsis, ultra-long follow-up. Journal Of Critical Care 2017, 42: 117-122. PMID: 28719839, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.07.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain natriuretic peptideLong-term mortalityBNP levelsElevated brain natriuretic peptide levelsRole of BNPBrain natriuretic peptide levelsOrgan Failure Assessment scoreNatriuretic peptide levelsNon-cardiac patientsStrong independent predictorIncidence of morbidityLow-risk groupLong-term survivalMultivariate analysis modelHospital mortalityIndex hospitalizationCritical illnessHeart failureIndependent predictorsSeptic shockNatriuretic peptideOutcome predictorsPrognostic predictorPrognostic valueMultifactorial syndrome