Increased levels of C-reactive protein and leukocyte count are poor predictors of anastomotic leakage following laparoscopic colorectal resection

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Pedersen, Torben ^a   Roikjær, Ole ^a,b   Jess, Per ^a,b  

^a ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; BLOOD; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873117582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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