Intestinal fatty acid-binding protein as a biomarker for the diagnosis of strangulated intestinal obstruction: A meta-analysis

• Published in: Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 264 - 273
• Main Authors: Wu, Caihong, Zhu, Xuehe, Ren, Haipeng, Tan, Fuyong, Liu, Xudong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Poland De Gruyter 01.01.2021; Walter de Gruyter GmbH
• Subjects: Abdomen; Biomarkers; Clinical medicine; diagnostic value; Fatty acids; intestinal fatty acid-binding protein; Intestinal obstruction; Ischemia; Medical research; Meta-analysis; Proteins; strangulated intestinal obstruction; meta-analysis; diagnostic value; intestinal fatty acid-binding protein; strangulated intestinal obstruction

The purpose of this study was to clarify the value of intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP) for the early diagnosis of strangulated intestinal obstruction through a meta-analysis. A search was performed on PubMed, EBSCO, the Cochrane Library, the Web of Science, EMBASE, CNKI, and WanFang fo...