Yan Song1, Yuanchun Chen1, Xue Dong1, Xiaohua Jiang2. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Fuling Central Hospital of Chongqing City, Chongqing 408000, China. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Fuling Central Hospital of Chongqing City, Chongqing 408000, China. Electronic address: 123890zxcvbnm@163.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Sepsis is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in newborns. CD64 combined with c-reactive protein (CRP) could improve the sensitivity and specificity of neonatal sepsis diagnosis, but the results were still controversial. Therefore, this meta-analysis was conducted to clarify the importance of CD64 combined with CRP in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. METHODS: The researches published as of December 24, 2018 were comprehensively searched in PubMed, Embase (included Embase and Medline), the Cochrane Library and Web of Science. Totally, 8 articles were included, involving 1114 objects. Statistical calculations were performed using Stata14.0 and Review Manager 5.3. RESULTS: The diagnostic accuracy of all included studies was pooled as follows: sensitivity, 0.95 (95% CI: 0.86-0.98); specificity, 0.86 (95% CI: 0.74-0.93); positive likelihood ratio (PLR), 6.8 (95% CI: 3.50-13.20); negative likelihood ratio (NLR), 0.06 (95% CI: 0.02-0.18); diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), 118.0 (95% CI: 25.00-549.00), and the area under the curve (AUC) was 0.96 (95% CI: 0.94-0.97). It was found that heterogeneity was not caused by threshold effect (P = 0.16), but the results of sensitivity (I2 = 87.57%) and specificity (I2 = 89.07%) analyses indicated significant heterogeneity between studies. CONCLUSIONS: The combined application of CD64 and CRP improved the accuracy of neonatal sepsis diagnosis.
BACKGROUND:Sepsis is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in newborns. CD64 combined with c-reactive protein (CRP) could improve the sensitivity and specificity of neonatal sepsis diagnosis, but the results were still controversial. Therefore, this meta-analysis was conducted to clarify the importance of CD64 combined with CRP in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. METHODS: The researches published as of December 24, 2018 were comprehensively searched in PubMed, Embase (included Embase and Medline), the Cochrane Library and Web of Science. Totally, 8 articles were included, involving 1114 objects. Statistical calculations were performed using Stata14.0 and Review Manager 5.3. RESULTS: The diagnostic accuracy of all included studies was pooled as follows: sensitivity, 0.95 (95% CI: 0.86-0.98); specificity, 0.86 (95% CI: 0.74-0.93); positive likelihood ratio (PLR), 6.8 (95% CI: 3.50-13.20); negative likelihood ratio (NLR), 0.06 (95% CI: 0.02-0.18); diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), 118.0 (95% CI: 25.00-549.00), and the area under the curve (AUC) was 0.96 (95% CI: 0.94-0.97). It was found that heterogeneity was not caused by threshold effect (P = 0.16), but the results of sensitivity (I2 = 87.57%) and specificity (I2 = 89.07%) analyses indicated significant heterogeneity between studies. CONCLUSIONS: The combined application of CD64 and CRP improved the accuracy of neonatal sepsis diagnosis.
Authors: Alejandra Comins-Boo; Maria Gutiérrez-Larrañaga; Adriel Roa-Bautista; Sandra Guiral Foz; Mónica Renuncio García; Elena González López; Juan Irure Ventura; María Carmen Fariñas-Álvarez; David San Segundo; Marcos López Hoyos Journal: Front Med (Lausanne) Date: 2021-03-23