Why the study?
Does repetitive preoperative measurement of CRP and WBC improve diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspected acute appendicitis?
Population
227 patients with suspected acute appendicitis studied before emergency appendicectomy
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Preoperative period (every 4 hours)
Authors
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Serial CRP/WBC trends may aid suspected appendicitis diagnosis; leaves open whether adoption safely reduces negative appendicectomy rates.
Does repetitive preoperative measurement of CRP and WBC improve diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspected acute appendicitis?
Repetitive preoperative measurement of CRP and WBC may help reduce the negative appendicectomy rate in patients with suspected acute appendicitis.
Eriksson et al. (1994) studied this question.
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