Can platelet indices be used as predictors of complication in subjects with appendicitis?

• Published in: Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift Vol. 128; no. Suppl 8; pp. 620 - 625
• Main Authors: Ceylan, Bahadır, Aslan, Turan, Çınar, Ahmet, Ruhkar Kurt, Ayşe, Akkoyunlu, Yasemin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Appendicitis - blood; Appendicitis - diagnosis; Appendicitis - epidemiology; Biomarkers - blood; Case-Control Studies; Causality; Comorbidity; Endocrinology; Female; Gastroenterology; Humans; Internal Medicine; Intestinal Perforation - blood; Intestinal Perforation - diagnosis; Intestinal Perforation - epidemiology; Male; Mean Platelet Volume - statistics & numerical data; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Article; Platelet Count - statistics & numerical data; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Prevalence; Prognosis; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment - methods; Sensitivity and Specificity; Turkey - epidemiology; Young Adult; Mean platelet volume; Blood platelets; Appendicitis; Complications; Intestinal perforation

Summary Background We examined the changes of mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) in subjects with appendicitis and whether MPV and PDW could be used to predict the development of c omplication due to appendicitis. Methods The healthy control group, the cases of appendic...