Diagnostic value of hyperfibrinogenemia as a predictive factor for appendiceal perforation in acute appendicitis

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 372-375

  Zhao, Lingling ^a   Feng, Shaoguang ^a,b   Huang, Songsong ^a   Tong, Yulong ^a   Chen, Zhongliang ^a   Wu, Peng ^a,c   Lai, Xin He ^a   Chen, Xiaoming ^a  

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

^b Hangzhou Children's Hospital   (China)

^c Northwest Women and Children's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

appendiceal perforation; diagnosis; hyperfibrinogenemia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D; FIBRINOGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84941585293     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ans.13316     Document Type: Article

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