D-dimer as a predictor of the need for laparotomy in patients with unclear non-traumatic acute abdomen. A preliminary study

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 612-617

  Akyildiz, Hizir ^a,b   Akcan, Alper ^a   Ozturk, Ahmet ^a   Sozuer, Erdogan ^a   Kucuk, Can ^a   Yucel, Akif ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; D dimer; Laparotomy; Leucocyte; Metabolic acidosis

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ACIDOSIS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55249106492     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510801971729     Document Type: Article

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