The role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as an outcome predictor factor in acute appendicitis: a single medical center’s experience

Autor: Grigorescu Bianca L., Suciu Bogdan Andrei, Saplacan Irina, Fodor Raluca S., Voidazan Septimiu, Scarlat Florentina C., Molnar Calin, Halmaciu Ioana
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol 30, Iss 1, Pp 63-70 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2284-5623
DOI: 10.2478/rrlm-2022-0002
Popis: Introduction: Acute abdominal pain persists in defying modern diagnostic procedures. Inflammatory response variables in urine and blood tests can help rule out other disorders and support a clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA), but there is no specific blood test that can diagnose AA. In order to address this, our study sought to establish the value of (NLR) as a prognostic and severity predictor in patients with AA.
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