Similarly, in the subset of patients with concurrent CCF/CRF/HT (n = 12), NT-proBNP levels were not significantly altered from 2 L of drainage to the end of paracentesis (mean decline of 41.7 pg/mL, P = 0.32), corresponding to a mean additional drainage of 4.1 L with 205 mls of supplemental albumin (Table 3). Here, NPPB is linked to hematocrit.