The value of serum fibrinogen level in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis;Akut apandisit tanısında serum fibrinojen düzeyinin deǧeri

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 384-388

  Menteş, Öner ^a   Eryilmaz, Mehmet ^a   Harlak, Ali ^a   Öztürk, Erkan ^a   Tufan, Turgut ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Diagnosis; Fibrinogen

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867918485     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5505/tjtes.2012.58855     Document Type: Article

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