Hyperfibrinogenemia in appendicitis: a new predictor of perforation in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1143-1147

  Feng, Shaoguang ^a   Wu, Peng ^a   Chen, Xiaoming ^b  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hyperfibrinogenemia; Pediatric; Perforated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOGEN DEFECT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERFIBRINOGENEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC USE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84920987035     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-014-3585-8     Document Type: Article

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