Diagnostic role of procalcitonin in patients with suspected appendicitis

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1744-1749

  Wu, Jiunn Yih ^a,b   Chen, Hang Cheng ^a,b   Lee, Si Huei ^c,d   Chan, Rai Chi ^c,d   Lee, Chien Chang ^e,f   Chang, Shy Shin ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PROCALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866741240     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1579-z     Document Type: Article

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