Can Fecal Calprotectin Serve as a Screen for Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Infants?

CONCLUSION: Due to the low PPVs, the two infant-specific and assay-specific cut-offs would not be useful to screen for NEC in infants at our university hospital.
PMID: 32628920 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Biochemistry - July 2, 2020 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Goold E, Pearson L, Johnson LM Tags: Clin Biochem Source Type: research