Accuracy of Presepsin in Sepsis Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

It's difficult to differentiate sepsis from non-sepsis, especially non-infectious SIRS, because no good standard exists for proof of infection. Soluble CD14 subtype (sCD14-ST), recently re-named presepsin, was identified as a new marker for the diagnosis of sepsis in several reports. However, t...

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Main Authors: Jiayuan Wu, Liren Hu, Gaohua Zhang, Fenping Wu, Taiping He
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
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Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4507991?pdf=render
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author Jiayuan Wu
Liren Hu
Gaohua Zhang
Fenping Wu
Taiping He
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Taiping He
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description It's difficult to differentiate sepsis from non-sepsis, especially non-infectious SIRS, because no good standard exists for proof of infection. Soluble CD14 subtype (sCD14-ST), recently re-named presepsin, was identified as a new marker for the diagnosis of sepsis in several reports. However, the findings were based on the results of individual clinical trials, rather than a comprehensive and overall estimation. Thus, we conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the pooled accuracy of presepsin in patients with sepsis suspect.A comprehensive electronic search was performed via internet retrieval system up to 15 December 2014. Methodological quality assessment was applied by using the QUADAS2 tool. The diagnostic value of presepsin in sepsis was evaluated by using the pooled estimate of sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratio, and diagnostic odds ratio, as well as summary receiver operating characteristics curve.Nine studies with 10 trials and 2159 cases were included in the study. Only two trials had low concerns regarding applicability, whereas all trials were deemed to be at high risk of bias. Heterogeneity existed in the non-threshold effect, but not in the threshold effect. The pooled sensitivity of presepsin for sepsis was 0.78 (0.76-0.80), pooled specificity was 0.83 (0.80-0.85), pooled positive likelihood ratio was 4.63 (3.27-6.55), pooled negative likelihood ratio was 0.22 (0.16-0.30), and pooled diagnostic odds ratio was 21.73 (12.81-36.86). The area under curve of summary receiver operating characteristics curve was 0.89 (95%CI: 0.84 to 0.94) and Q* index was 0.82 (95%CI: 0.77 to 0.87).This meta-analysis demonstrates that presepsin had some superiority in the management of patients, and may be a helpful and valuable biomarker in early diagnosis of sepsis. However, presepsin showed a moderate diagnostic accuracy in differentiating sepsis from non-sepsis which prevented it from being recommended as a definitive test for diagnosing sepsis in isolation, but the results should be interpreted cautiously.
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spelling doaj.art-f29efd1a33dc486bb6c13430aae9b6122022-12-22T03:01:32ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01107e013305710.1371/journal.pone.0133057Accuracy of Presepsin in Sepsis Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Jiayuan WuLiren HuGaohua ZhangFenping WuTaiping HeIt's difficult to differentiate sepsis from non-sepsis, especially non-infectious SIRS, because no good standard exists for proof of infection. Soluble CD14 subtype (sCD14-ST), recently re-named presepsin, was identified as a new marker for the diagnosis of sepsis in several reports. However, the findings were based on the results of individual clinical trials, rather than a comprehensive and overall estimation. Thus, we conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the pooled accuracy of presepsin in patients with sepsis suspect.A comprehensive electronic search was performed via internet retrieval system up to 15 December 2014. Methodological quality assessment was applied by using the QUADAS2 tool. The diagnostic value of presepsin in sepsis was evaluated by using the pooled estimate of sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratio, and diagnostic odds ratio, as well as summary receiver operating characteristics curve.Nine studies with 10 trials and 2159 cases were included in the study. Only two trials had low concerns regarding applicability, whereas all trials were deemed to be at high risk of bias. Heterogeneity existed in the non-threshold effect, but not in the threshold effect. The pooled sensitivity of presepsin for sepsis was 0.78 (0.76-0.80), pooled specificity was 0.83 (0.80-0.85), pooled positive likelihood ratio was 4.63 (3.27-6.55), pooled negative likelihood ratio was 0.22 (0.16-0.30), and pooled diagnostic odds ratio was 21.73 (12.81-36.86). The area under curve of summary receiver operating characteristics curve was 0.89 (95%CI: 0.84 to 0.94) and Q* index was 0.82 (95%CI: 0.77 to 0.87).This meta-analysis demonstrates that presepsin had some superiority in the management of patients, and may be a helpful and valuable biomarker in early diagnosis of sepsis. However, presepsin showed a moderate diagnostic accuracy in differentiating sepsis from non-sepsis which prevented it from being recommended as a definitive test for diagnosing sepsis in isolation, but the results should be interpreted cautiously.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4507991?pdf=render
spellingShingle Jiayuan Wu
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Gaohua Zhang
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Accuracy of Presepsin in Sepsis Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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title Accuracy of Presepsin in Sepsis Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
title_full Accuracy of Presepsin in Sepsis Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
title_fullStr Accuracy of Presepsin in Sepsis Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
title_full_unstemmed Accuracy of Presepsin in Sepsis Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
title_short Accuracy of Presepsin in Sepsis Diagnosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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