Journal Club - Can NT-proBNP Guide Clinical Suspicion of Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension?
The Incubator Channel · 12 Jan 2026 · 19 min
Summary
Ben Courchia and Daphna Yasova-Barbeau review a Journal of Perinatology study from a SickKids Toronto cohort on NT-proBNP as a diagnostic tool for chronic pulmonary hypertension in extremely preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia. They discuss the limitations of echocardiography, sensitivity, specificity and cutoff values, and how the biomarker might support screening and risk stratification in NICU practice.
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