Neutrophil Elastase as a Predictor of Delivery in Pregnant Women with Preterm Labour.
George Uchenna ElejeUchenna Ifeanyi NwaghaIfeanyichukwu Uzoma EzebialuEmmanuel Onyebuchi UgwuKingsley Emeka EkwuaziJoseph Ifeanyichukwu IkechebeluEuzebus Chinonye EzugwuAhizechukwu Chigoziem EkePublished in: Exploratory research and hypothesis in medicine (2023)
The neutrophil elastase test exhibited high predictive accuracy in pregnant women with preterm labor, when compared to the controls, based on the sensitivity and negative predictive value, but this had poor positive predictive values. The neutrophil elastase test may be used as a screening test, but not as a potential predictive test, in the routine clinical setting.