Receiver-operating characteristic analysis of leukocyte counts and serum c-reactive protein levels in children with advanced appendicitis

Surgery Today

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 515-518

  Okamoto, Tatsuya ^a,b   Sano, Kaoru ^a   Ogasahara, Keizo ^a  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOBE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Pediatric; Receiver operating characteristic analysis; Serum C reactive protein; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ASCITES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERFORATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; ASCITES; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPURATION;

EID: 33646881743     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-006-3189-6     Document Type: Review

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