Why the study?
Does faecal calprotectin level accurately diagnose acute appendicitis in patients presenting with right iliac fossa pain?
Does faecal calprotectin level accurately diagnose acute appendicitis in patients presenting with right iliac fossa pain?
Faecal calprotectin levels are being investigated as a non-invasive predictor of acute appendicitis to potentially reduce negative appendicectomy rates.
Faecal calprotectin should not guide appendicitis diagnosis yet; leaves open its role as non-invasive predictor pending prospective validation.
Background: Despite advances in medical investigation the rates of negative appendicectomy remain unchanged. We investigated whether faecal calprotectin levels (FCP), a bowel lumen inflammatory marker, could accurately diagnose acute appendicitis.
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