Procalcitonin and intestinal ischemia: A review of the literature

Table 3 Diagnostic utility of procalcitonin for the diagnosis of intestinal ischemia

Ref.	Outcome	Threshold (ng/mL)	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	Positive predictive value (%)	Negative predictive value (%)	Area under the curve
Nagata et al[36]	Colonic ischemia	2	100	83.9	27	100	NR
Markogiannakis et al[22]	Bowel ischemia	0.25	72	73	60	83	0.77
Markogiannakis et al[22]	Bowel necrosis	0.25	83	78	52	95	0.87
Cosse et al[23]	Small bowel ischemia	0.57	83.3	91.3	83.3	91.3	0.91
Cosse et al[37]	Small bowel ischemia	0.53	80	84.8	40	90.7	0.86
Cosse et al[38]	Bowel necrosis	2.47	94.6	68	89.8	80.9	0.92

NR: Not been reached.