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Article: Quicken treatment for heart failure with BNP test.
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- ED Nursing
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Quicken treatment for heart failure with BNP test
After suddenly becoming short of breath, a 28-year-old woman in Tuscon, AZ, called 911 and was taken to Carondelet St. MaryAEs HospitalAEs ED in severe respiratory distress with blood pressure of 250/140. After B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) testing was done, it was determined the patient was in congestive heart failure (CHF) and nesiritide was given.
oWithin five minutes, the patientAEs blood pressure was down to 160/110, and she was no longer in respiratory distress. She was admitted to a low-acuity telemetry floor,o says Diana Platt Lopez, RN, BSN, clinical educator for emergency services.
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