Concomitant leukocytosis and lymphopenia predict significant pathology at CT of acute abdomen: a case-control study

Concomitant leukocytosis and lymphopenia predict significant pathology at CT of acute abdomen: a case-control study

Abstract Background Acute abdominal pain accounts for about 10% of emergency department visits and has progressively become the primary indication for CT scanning in most centers. The goal of our study is to identify biological or clinical variables able to predict or rule out significant pathology...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Platon, Chloe Frund, Laura Meijers, Thomas Perneger, Elisabeth Andereggen, Minerva Becker, Alice Halfon Poletti, Olivier T. Rutschmann, Pierre-Alexandre Poletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Acute abdominal pain
Computed tomography
Emergency
Leukocytosis
Relative lymphopenia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-019-0227-4

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