Predictive value of white blood cell count and C-reactive protein in children with appendicitis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1208-1214

  Beltrán, Marcelo A ^a   Almonacid, Jorge ^a   Vicencio, Alfonso ^a   Gutiérrez, Jorge ^a   Cruces, Karina S ^a   Cumsille, Miguel A ^b  

^a Hospital de Ovalle   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; C reactive protein; Complications; Diagnosis; White blood cell counts

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34347342728     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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