Is it possible to predict the severity of acute appendicitis? Reliability of predictive models based on easily available blood variables

Is it possible to predict the severity of acute appendicitis? Reliability of predictive models based on easily available blood variables

Abstract Introduction Recent evidence confirms that the treatment of acute appendicitis is not necessarily surgical, and selected patients with uncomplicated appendicitis can benefit from a non-operative management. Unfortunately, no cost-effective test has been proven to be able to effectively pred...

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Main Authors: Barza Afzal, Roberto Cirocchi, Aruna Dawani, Jacopo Desiderio, Antonio Di Cintio, Domenico Di Nardo, Federico Farinacci, James Fung, Alessandro Gemini, Lorenzo Guerci, Sen Yin Melina Kam, Svetlana Lakunina, Lee Madi, Stefano Mazzetti, Bakhtiar Nadyrshine, Ola Shams, Maria Chiara Ranucci, Francesco Ricci, Afroza Sharmin, Stefano Trastulli, Tanzela Yasin, Giles Bond-Smith, Giovanni D. Tebala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Subjects:
Acute appendicitis
Appendicectomy
Predictive models
Lymphocyte count
c-reactive protein
Albumin
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-023-00478-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-023-00478-8

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