Abstract:Objective To explore the colonoscopic manifestations and diagnostic value of ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) in patients with ischemic colitis (IC).Methods 267 patients with IC from January 2018 to March 2021 were selected. Another 200 patients who received treatment for hematochezia during the same period were selected as the control group. Colonoscopy was performed on IC patients, IMA level was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and pathological morphology was observed by HE staining.Results Patients with diabetes history and cerebral infarction accounted for 5.00% and 2.00% of the total number of patients in the control group, and patients with diabetes history and cerebral infarction accounted for 11.99% and 9.74% of the total number of patients in the IC group, there was no statistical significance between the two groups (P > 0.05). In the control group, the hospital stay was (3.54 ± 1.86) d. Patients with history of abdominal operation, hypertension, coronary heart disease and atrial fibrillation accounted for 13.00%, 17.00%, 4.00% and 2.00% of the total number, respectively. In the IC group, the hospital stay was (9.13 ± 4.28) d. Patients with history of abdominal operation, hypertension, coronary heart disease and atrial fibrillation accounted for 29.96%, 43.45%, 15.73% and 10.11% of the total number of patients, respectively, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The IMA level in control group was (0.13 ± 0.02) mg/mL, which was significantly lower than that in IC group (12.48 ± 1.25) mg/mL, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The area under ROC curve was 0.85, the sensitivity was 87.26%, the specificity was 75.31%, the accuracy rate was 83.41%, the positive predictive value was 89.26%, the negative predictive value was 71.33% and the Kappa value was 0.71.Conclusion IMA is significantly overexpressed in patients with IC. IMA has the characteristics of non-invasive, simple, high sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of IC, which provides a new method for clinical diagnosis of ischemic colitis.