77622-9

LOINC Code


LOINC code77622-9
name
descriptionBrain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and amino-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) are significantly elevated in patients with heart failure because tension or stretching of the cardiac wall, such as occurs with heart failure, stimulates the synthesis of natriuretic peptides. Elevated levels are associated with adverse outcomes in both hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients and are attributable to both ventricular dysfunction and decreased renal clearance. Peritoneal dialysate and plasma NT-proBNP levels are linearly related. [PMID: 21427249] This term was created for, but is not restricted in use to, the Elecsys proBNP II assay, which contains two monoclonal antibodies that recognize epitopes located in the N-terminal part (1-76) of proBNP (1-108).
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentNatriuretic peptide.B prohormone N-Terminal
propertyMCnc  =  Mass Concentration
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
systemDial fld prt  =  Peritoneal dialysis fluid
scaleQn  =  Quantitative:  The result of the test is a numeric value that relates to a continuous numeric scale. Reported either as an integer, a ratio, a real number, or a range. The test result value may optionally contain a relational operator from the set {<=, <, >, >=}. Valid values for a quantitative test are of the form "7", "-7", "7.4", "-7.4", "7.8912", "0.125", "<10", "<10.15", ">12000", 1-10, 1:256
methodIA  =  Immunoassay:  Encompasses all immunoassays with a few exceptions, including Immune Blot and Immune Fluorescence, which were created based on historic usage.

Additional Names

short nameBeta Natriuretic Peptide; BNP; Brain Natriuretic Peptide; B-type natriuretic peptide; Chemistry; Diaf; DiafP; Dialysate; Dialysis fluid; EIA; ELFA; ELISA; Enzyme immunoassay; IAA; Level; Mass concentration; MEIA; Natriutietic peptide.B; NTproBNP; NT-proBN

Basic Attributes

classCHEM
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationNT-proBNP DiafP
example UCUM unitsng/L
The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business (www.unitsofmeasure.org)

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.56
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name
change reasonng/L

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