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. 2016 Apr 27:42:44.
doi: 10.1186/s13052-016-0242-y.

Diagnostic value of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells in paediatric sepsis: a systematic review

Giuseppe Pontrelli  1 , Franco De Crescenzo  2 , Roberto Buzzetti  2 , Francesca Calò Carducci  3 , Alessandro Jenkner  2   3 , Donato Amodio  3 , Maia De Luca  3 , Sara Chiurchiù  3 , Elin Haf Davies  4 , Alessandra Simonetti  2   3 , Elena Ferretti  2 , Martina Della Corte  2 , Luca Gramatica  2 , Susanna Livadiotti  2 , Paolo Rossi  2   3
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Diagnostic value of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells in paediatric sepsis: a systematic review

Giuseppe Pontrelli et al. Ital J Pediatr. .

Abstract

Background: Differential diagnosis between sepsis and non-infectious inflammatory disorders demands improved biomarkers. Soluble Triggering Receptor Expression on Myeloid cells (sTREM-1) is an activating receptor whose role has been studied throughout the last decade. We performed a systematic review to evaluate the accuracy of plasma sTREM-1 levels in the diagnosis of sepsis in children with Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS).

Methods: A literature search of PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and ISI Web of Knowledge databases was performed using specific search terms. Studies were included if they assessed the diagnostic accuracy of plasma sTREM-1 for sepsis in paediatric patients with SIRS. Data on sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, area under receiver operating characteristic curve were extracted. The methodological quality of each study was assessed using a checklist based on the Quality Assessment Tool for Diagnostic Accuracy Studies.

Results: Nine studies comprising 961 patients were included, four of which were in newborns, three in children and two in children with febrile neutropenia. Some data from single studies support a role of sTREM-1 as a diagnostic tool in pediatric sepsis, but cannot be considered conclusive, because a quantitative synthesis was not possible, due to heterogeneity in studies design.

Conclusions: This systematic review suggests that available data are insufficient to support a role for sTREM in the diagnosis and follow-up of paediatric sepsis.

Keywords: Children; Neonates; Review; Sepsis; Systematic; Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1.

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Flow chart. The flow diagram depicts the flow of information through the different phases of this systematic review on the diagnostic value of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells in paediatric sepsis
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