C-reactive protein estimation does not improve accuracy in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in pediatric patients

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-77

  Kim, Elizabeth ^a   Subhas, Gokulakkrishna ^a   Mittal, Vijay K ^a   Golladay, Eustace S ^b,c  

^a PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; C reactive protein; CRP; WBC; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 61449250688     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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