Mean platelet volume: A new predictor in confirming acute appendicitis diagnosis

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 362-366

  Albayrak, Yavuz ^a   Albayrak, Ayse ^a   Albayrak, Fatih ^b   Yildirim, Rahsan ^b   Aylu, Belkiz ^a   Uyanik, Abdullah ^b   Kabalar, Esref ^a   Güzel, Ibrahim C ^a  

^a Erzurum Region Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

acute appendicitis; complete blood count; mean platelet volume; positive predictive value

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE;

EID: 80052719506     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: 19382723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029610364520     Document Type: Article

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