Role of Ischemia Modified Albumin in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism - Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases

OJRD > Vol.4 No.1, February 2014

Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases

Volume 4, Issue 1 (February 2014)

ISSN Print: 2163-940X ISSN Online: 2163-9418

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Role of Ischemia Modified Albumin in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2014.41004 10,397 Downloads 32,970 Views Citations

Author(s)

Ashraf Abd El Halim, Adel Attia, Saad Samra, Tayseer Zytoun, Hosam Eldeen Salah, Manal Al-Anazi

Affiliation(s)

Chest Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Critical Care Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Resident Internal Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, KSA.

ABSTRACT

Pulmonary embolism is a common and potentially lethal condition. Clinical signs and symptoms for pulmonary
embolism are nonspecific. New and simple tests are therefore needed in order to help in early diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. The aim of this work is to elucidate the role of IMA in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Subjects and Methods: 75 patients with suspected pulmonary embolism and 20 control healthy subjects were included in this study. Measurement of IMA was done in all subjects. Results: The mean values of IMA were statistically significantly higher among the PE patient group (0.43 ± 0.104 ABSU) in comparison with non PE patient group (0.27 ± 0.053 ABSU) and healthy control subjects (0.21 ± 0.080 ABSU). At cut-off value of 0.305 ABSU, IMA had 97.5% sensitivity and 71.42% specificity. The area under the curve was 0.952. The positive predictive value of this cut-off value was 79.59% while the negative predictive value was 96.15%. Conclusions: IMA is a good alternative to D-dimer in the diagnosis and exclusion of PE. Larger studies are needed to augment our results.

KEYWORDS

Ischemia Modified Albumin; D-Dimer; Pulmonary Embolism

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Halim, A. , Attia, A. , Samra, S. , Zytoun, T. , Salah, H. and Al-Anazi, M. (2014) Role of Ischemia Modified Albumin in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism. Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases, 4, 22-26. doi: 10.4236/ojrd.2014.41004.

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