Medical diagnosis at the point-of-care by portable high-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Non-invasive medical diagnosis by analysing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at the point-of-care
is becoming feasible owing to recent advances in portable instrumentation. A number of studies have
assessed the performance of a state-of-the-art VOC analyser (micro-chip high-field asymmetric
waveform ion mobility spectrometry, FAIMS) for medical diagnosis. However, a comprehensive
meta-analysis is needed to investigate the overall diagnostic performance of these novel methods
across different medical conditions. An electronic search was performed using the CAplus and MEDLINE
database through the SciFinder platform. The review identified a total of 23 studies and 2312
individuals. Eighteen studies were used for meta-analysis. A pooled analysis found an overall
sensitivity of 80% (95% CI, 74% –85%, I 2 = 62%), and specificity of 78% (95% CI, 70%–84%, I 2 =
80%), which corresponds to the overall diagnostic performance of micro-chip FAIMS across ma...
Source: Journal of Breath Research - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: J Diana Zhang, Merryn J Baker, Zhixin Liu, K M Mohibul Kabir, Vijaya B Kolachalama, Deborah H Yates and William A Donald Source Type: research