“…24,27 In total, 30 studies, including the two conducted in the setting of the RCT, have found a significant association between elevated levels of brain natriuretic peptides and increased mortality. [14][15][16][17][18]20,21,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]39,41,42,[45][46][47] Various studies reported the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR) of BNP and NT-proBNP in predicting mortality in septic shock. Several cut-off values have been proposed for both markers, 18,25,37,39,41,46,47 with some reporting that low BNP cut-off values (190 ng/L) were associated with a 5.7-fold increased risk of death (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.78-27.48; P < 0.014), 41 whereas others using higher cut-off values (800 ng/L) considered BNP a poor predictor of outcome.…”