title: Fecal calprotectin: cutoff values for identifying intestinal distress in preterm infants.
abstract: This study aimed to determine cutoff levels for fecal calprotectin as a marker of intestinal distress in preterm neonates. A total of 126 infants born at a median gestational age of 33 weeks (range 25.7-35 weeks) were enrolled. Samples (n = 312) were collected weekly from the end of the first week of life until the end of the first month and if any gastrointestinal event occurred. Receiver operating characteristic curves analysis gave cutoff values of 363 microg/g (sensitivity 0.65, specificity 0.82) and 636 microg/g (sensitivity 0.72, specificity 0.95) for the development of mild or severe enteropathy.
authors.affiliation: Néonatologie et Gastroentérologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital St Vincent de Paul, 82 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France. florence.campeotto@svp.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Campeotto
authors.forename: Mariella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baldassarre
authors.forename: Marie-José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Butel
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Viallon
authors.forename: Flore
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nganzali
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soulaines
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kalach
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lapillonne
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Laforgia
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moriette
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kapel