ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2021
Intestinal fatty acid-binding protein as a biomarker for the diagnosis of strangulated intestinal obstruction: A meta-analysis.
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- Advancing precision triage in strangulated small bowel obstruction: from static scores to dynamic multiparametric models.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
- Insight of Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein as a Potential Biomarker in the Biology of Epithelial Damage of Gastrointestinal Membrane.Current protein & peptide science · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe 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.
methodsA search was performed on PubMed, EBSCO, the Cochrane Library, the Web of Science, EMBASE, CNKI, and WanFang for studies on the diagnosis of strangulated intestinal obstruction based on I-FABP. Endnote X9 software and the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies 2 (QUADAS-2) were used to screen the studies and evaluate their quality, respectively. Meta-Disc 1.4 and Stata 15.1 software were used to perform the assessment of heterogeneity and meta-analysis.
resultA total of eight studies were included, Spearman correlation coefficient was 0.703 (
conclusionI-FABP is very valuable for the early diagnosis of strangulated intestinal obstruction and can be used to distinguish strangulated intestinal obstruction from intestinal obstruction in a timely manner, enabling accurate planning of the timing of surgery.
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