Plasma D-lactate level: A useful marker to distinguish a perforated appendix from acute simple appendicitis

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-178

  Demircan, Mehmet ^a   Caglayan, Fatma ^b   Deysine, Maximo ^c   Fath, John J ^d  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LACTIC ACID;

APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LAPAROTOMY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 3042818237     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941930490446973     Document Type: Article

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