TY - JOUR T1 - BET 2. C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE AND CHEST INFECTION JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 58 LP - 59 DO - 10.1136/emj.2008.069591 VL - 26 IS - 1 A2 - , Y1 - 2009/01/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/26/1/58.abstract N2 - Report by Amy Au-YongChecked by Tim Coats, Professor of Emergency MedicineInstitution: Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UKA short-cut review was carried out to establish whether C-reactive protein (CRP) has any utility in the differential diagnosis of heart failure and pneumonia. A total of 601 papers was found using the reported searches, of which three presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. It is concluded that there is no evidence for the use of CRP to discriminate between a diagnosis of pneumonia and heart failure in patients … ER -