Application with repeated serum biomarkers in pediatric appendicitis in clinical surgery

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-166

  Wu, Han Ping ^a,b   Fu, Yun Ching ^b,c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Children; Repeated; Serum biomarker

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77649237136     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-009-2535-3     Document Type: Article

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