Point-of-Care (POC) Urinary L-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (u-LFABP) Use in Critically Ill, Very Preterm Neonates

Table 3

u-LFABP levels based on disease severity.

	u-LFABP		value
	Abnormal	Normal
PDA
0–48 hours			0.517
Spontaneous	4/5 (80.0)	1/5 (20.0)
PCT 1 cycle	2/2 (100.0)	0/2 (0.0)
PCT >1 cycle	4/4 (100.0)	0/4 (0.0)
72 hours^+			0.732
Spontaneous	3/4 (75.0)	1/4 (25.0)
PCT 1 cycle	2/2 (100)	0/2 (0.0)
PCT >1 cycle	3/4 (75.0)	1/4 (25.0)
21 days^+			0.011
Spontaneous	0/3 (0.0)	3/3 (100.0)
PCT 1 cycle	1/1 (100.0)	0/1 (0.0)
PCT >1 cycle	5/5 (100.0)	0/5 (0.0)
NEC
0–48 hours			1.000
Grade 1	1/1 (100.0)	0/1 (0.0)
Grade 2	6/8 (75.0)	2/8 (25.0)
72 hours^+			1.000
Grade 1	1/1 (100.0)	0/1 (0.0)
Grade 2	6/7 (85.7)	1/7 (14.3)
21 days^+			1.000
Grade 1	1/1 (100.0)	0/1 (0.0)
Grade 2	3/5 (60.0)	2/5 (40.0)

value <0.05. ⁺Missing urine samples. n (%) is presented; fisher’s exact test. PDA: patent ductus arteriosus; NEC: necrotizing enterocolitis.