Diagnosing pediatric appendicitis: usefulness of laboratory markers - Kwan, Karen Y.; Nager, Alan L. (The American journal of emergency medicine, 2010)
Keywords: Abdominal Pain - diagnosis; Adolescent; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Appendicitis; Appendicitis - blood; Appendicitis - diagnosis; Bacterial infections; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers - blood; C-Reactive Protein - analysis; Calcitonin - blood; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; Child; Child, Preschool; Confidence Intervals; Diagnosis, Differential; Emergency; Emergency and intensive care: neonates and children. Prematurity. Sudden death; Emergency medical care; Female; Histopathology; Humans; Infant; Intensive care medicine; Lactic Acid - blood; Leukocyte Count; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; Observational studies; Odds Ratio; Pain; Pediatrics; Prospective Studies; Protein Precursors - blood; Regression analysis; Risk Factors; ROC Curve; Studies; Human; Pediatrics; Intensive care; Appendicitis; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Child; Resuscitation