Biomarkers of acute appendicitis: systematic review and cost–benefit trade-off analysis

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1022-1031

  Acharya, Amish ^a   Markar, Sheraz R ^a   Ni, Melody ^a   Hanna, George B ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Biomarkers; Cost benefit trade off

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT TRADE OFF ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDLINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD; EMERGENCY; METABOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BILIRUBIN; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84982883868     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-016-5109-1     Document Type: Article

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