C-reactive protein and procalcitonin are predictors of the severity of acute appendicitis in children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 416-419

  Gavela, Teresa ^a   Cabeza, Beatriz ^a   Serrano, Ana ^a   Casado Flores, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

acute appendicitis; C reactive protein; peritonitis; procalcitonin; prognosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERITONITIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84861095856     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318252d875     Document Type: Article

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