C-reactive protein is superior to bilirubin for anticipation of perforation in acute appendicitis

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C-reactive protein is superior to bilirubin for anticipation of perforation in acute appendicitis

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ID	1195510
Author(s)	Käser, Samuel Andreas; Fankhauser, Gerhard; Willi, Niels; Maurer, Christoph Andreas
Author(s) at UniBasel	Maurer, Christoph A.
Year	2010
Title	C-reactive protein is superior to bilirubin for anticipation of perforation in acute appendicitis
Journal	Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology
Volume	45
Number	7-8
Pages / Article-Number	885-92
Keywords	Appendicitis, bilirubin, C-reactive protein, leukocyte count, perforation
Abstract	Very recently it has been shown that hyperbilirubinemia is a specific predictor of perforation in acute appendicitis. We compared the diagnostic importance of bilirubin, C-reactive protein (CRP), leukocyte count and age as markers of perforation in acute appendicitis.
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
ISSN/ISBN	0036-5521
edoc-URL	http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6005692
Full Text on edoc	No
Digital Object Identifier DOI	10.3109/00365521003728572
PubMed ID	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20334601
ISI-Number	WOS:000281039400014
Document type (ISI)	Journal Article

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