Elevated serum bilirubin in assessing the likelihood of perforation inacute appendicitis: A diagnostic meta-analysis

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 795-800

  Giordano, Salvatore ^a   Pääkkönen, Markus ^a   Salminen, Paulina ^a   Grönroos, Juha M ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Bilirubin; Diagnostic meta analysis; Hyperbilirubinemia; Jaundice

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMBASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

APPENDICITIS; BILIRUBIN; DIAGNOSTIC META-ANALYSIS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; BILIRUBIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887155680     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.05.029     Document Type: Review

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