The value of biochemical markers in predicting a perforation in acute appendicitis

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 79-83

  Mcgowan, David Ross ^a   Sims, Helen M ^a   Zia, Khawaja ^b   Uheba, Mokthar ^b   Shaikh, Irshad Ahammed ^c  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

^c EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Appendicitis; Emergency surgery

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873032268     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ans.12032     Document Type: Article

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