Liu Chao, Cui Yun-Liang, Ding Chun-Mei, Wu Yan-Hua, Li Hui-Li, Liu Xiao-Fei, Hu Zhi-De
Department of Blood Transfusion, General Hospital of Ji'nan Military Region of PLA, Ji'nan 250031, China.
Department of Critical Care Medicine, General Hospital of Ji'nan Military Region of PLA, Ji'nan 250031, China.
J Thorac Dis. 2018 Feb;10(2):854-860. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.12.107.
Several studies have investigated the diagnostic accuracy of tests of pericardial effusion interferon-gamma for tuberculous pericarditis in patients with pericardial effusion, but the results have varied. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of interferon-gamma for tuberculous pericarditis using meta-analysis.
The PubMed and EMBASE databases were searched to identify studies investigating the diagnostic accuracy of tests for interferon-gamma in pericardial effusion for tuberculous pericarditis. The quality of eligible studies was assessed by the revised Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS-2), and the sensitivities and specificities of interferon-gamma across eligible studies were pooled by a bivariate model.
A total of four studies encompassing 488 subjects were included. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios (NLRs) were 0.97 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.87-0.99], 0.99 (95% CI: 0.74-1.00), 187 (95% CI: 3-12,542) and 0.03 (95% CI: 0.01-0.14), respectively.
Testing for interferon-gamma in cases of pericardial effusion is adequate for identifying or ruling out tuberculous pericarditis.
多项研究探讨了心包积液中干扰素-γ检测对结核性心包炎的诊断准确性,但结果各异。本研究旨在通过荟萃分析探讨干扰素-γ对结核性心包炎的诊断准确性。
检索PubMed和EMBASE数据库,以确定研究心包积液中干扰素-γ检测对结核性心包炎诊断准确性的研究。采用修订后的诊断准确性研究质量评估(QUADAS-2)对纳入研究的质量进行评估,并通过双变量模型汇总纳入研究中干扰素-γ的敏感性和特异性。
共纳入4项研究,涉及488名受试者。汇总的敏感性、特异性、阳性似然比和阴性似然比分别为0.97[95%置信区间(CI):0.87-0.99]、0.99(95%CI:0.74-1.00)、187(95%CI:3-12,542)和0.03(95%CI:0.01-0.14)。
在心包积液病例中检测干扰素-γ足以识别或排除结核性心包炎。