Bilirubin; a diagnostic marker for appendicitis

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1114-1117

  D'Souza, N ^a   Karim, D ^b   Sunthareswaran, R ^c  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxford Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Hyperbilirubinaemia; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RIGHT ILIAC FOSSA PAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HYPERBILIRUBINAEMIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889086907     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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