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The Value of Serum BNP for the Diagnosis of Intracranial Injury in Head Trauma Kafa Travmali Hastalarda Kafa İçi Yaralanmanin Tanisinda Serum BNP'nin Yeri

SUMMARY Objectives Head injuries are the leading cause of death in persons less than 45 years old. In order to diagnose these patients, cranial computed tomography (CT) is used. Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) was isolated first from the cerebral ventricles. The aim of this study was to research whether bedside BNP measurement has a place in determining intracranial injury in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) with head trauma. Methods The study was done prospectively in the ED of the Trakya University Hospital. Patients admitted to the ED because of head injury (100 patients), and a control group (20 healthy volunteers) were enrolled in the study. Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the binary groups, and Kruskal-Wallis test was used to make multi-group comparison. A p-value of 0.05).