Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio has a close association with gangrenous appendicitis in patients undergoing appendectomy

International Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-304

  Ishizuka, Mitsuru ^a   Shimizu, Takayuki ^a   Kubota, Keiichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Catarrhal appendicitis; Gangrenous appendicitis; Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; Phlegmonous appendicitis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891838571     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9738/CC161.1     Document Type: Article

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