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The Usefulness of Procalcitonin in the Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Children: A Pilot Study
Emergency Medicine International, 2012 Objective. To assess the predictive value of procalcitonin in detecting acute appendicitis (AP) in children, and to determine a cutoff value of procalcitonin which can safely include/exclude the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children with acute ...
Abu N. G. A. Khan +4 more
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Acute Appendicitis: Clinical Laboratory, Laparoscopic, Pathomorphological Parallels
Креативная хирургия и онкология, 2019 Introduction. Acute appendicitis takes the first place in incidence among acute surgical disorders of the abdominal cavity organs. While many issues of the diagnosis and treatment strategy of this disease have been studied in detail, the diagnosis of ...
Sh. V. Timerbulatov +4 more
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Continuing Professional Development – Medical Imaging
Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
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Acute eosinophilic appendicitis and the significance of eosinophil - Edema lesion
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2010 Eight cases of a histological entity that we name ′acute eosinophilic appendicitis′ (AEA) are described and compared with classical acute appendicitis and appendices, which turned out to be normal after emergency appendicectomy.
Aravindan K +2 more
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Can the Neutrophil/Lymphocyte*Platelet Ratio Predict Acute Appendicitis? An Analytical Study
Namık Kemal Tıp DergisiAim: Our primary aim is to determine whether the neutrophil/lymphocyte*platelet ratio (NLPR) has the ability to predict acute appendicitis. Our secondary aim is to show whether the NLPR is effective in differentiating complicated and non-complicated ...
Abuzer ÖZKAN +3 more
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Acute amebic appendicitis: Report of a rare case
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2010 Acute appendicitis of amebic origin is considered a rare cause of acute appendicitis. We report a case of amebic appendicitis presenting with fever, severe pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen and rebound tenderness.
Singh Naorem +2 more
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ULTRASONOGRAGHY: A GOOD AID TO THE CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS
Khyber Medical University Journal, 2012 Objective: to evaluate the value of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute-appendicitis, in clinically suspected cases. Methodology: This prospective observational study was carried out at DHQ Teaching hospital, Khyber Medical University,Institute ...
Fazal Ahmed +6 more
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COMPARISON OF HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2010 Objective: The objective of study is to compare the diagnostic accuracy of helical computed tomography and ultrasonography in acute appendicitis using histopathology as gold standard.
Col Muhammad Nafees +3 more
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Diagnosing acute appendicitis in children with neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio: a cross-sectional study
Frontiers in PediatricsBackgroundDiagnosing acute appendicitis (AA) in children can be challenging due to atypical symptoms and the difficulty in obtaining a comprehensive history. This study aimed to evaluate the value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in diagnosing
Mohamed Mahmoud Shalaby +4 more
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