Assessment of the place of tubular reabsorption of phosphorus in the diagnosis of osteopenia of prematurity

WOS: 000359058400007PubMed ID: 26078696Aim: In this study, we aimed to investigate the utility of tubular reabsorption of phosphorus in the diagnosis of osteopenia of prematurity in addition to biochemical markers. Material and Methods: Premature babies with a gestational age of 400IU/L and a phosphorus value of =%95). When the subjects with a phosphorus level of 499 IU were compared with the newborns who were found to have a tubular reabsorption of phosphorus of >=%95 for the objective of evaluating the specificity and sensitivity of tubular reabsorption of phosphorus, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of tubular reabsorption of phosphorus in the diagnosis of osteopenia were found to be 27%, 82%, 17% and 89%, respectively. When the osteopenic and non-osteopenic patients were compared in terms of the levels of tubular reabsorption of phosphorus, no statistically significant difference was found. Conclusions: It was thought that it was not appropriate to use tubular reabsorption of phosphorus alone in the diagnosis of osteopenia of prematurity