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Table 4 BNP levels by various trauma mechanism and trauma severity

From: The value of Serum BNP for diagnosis of intracranial injury in minor head trauma

Trauma mechanism

BNP (pg/ml)

p value

Motor vehicle accident

15 (25)

p > 0.05*

Pedestrian

10 (53)

Falling

22.5(56)

Violent assaults

11(22)

Glasgow coma score

  

14 (n = 8)

10.5(27)

p > 0.05**

15 (n = 154)

14.5(34)

  1. *Kruskall-Wallis test, **Mann–Whitney U test.