TY - BOOK AU - Mohammed Badr Mohammed AU - Ashraf Wadee , AU - Hesham Elaasr , AU - Mervat Eldamarawy , TI - Atrial ejection force and brain natiuretic peptide as markers for mortality in sepsis / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohammed Badr Mohammed , KW - BNP KW - Left atrial function KW - Shock N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Critical Care Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Backrround : In early stages of septic shock impaired myocardial function plays an important prognostic role . Plasma BNP level may be a valuable prognostic factor for patients with sepsis . Assessment of diastolic function through measurement of the components of ventricular filling has largely neglected the vigor of atrial systole in part because this has been difficult to quantify UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -