Role of laboratory markers in predicting severity of acute appendicitis
Background: Accurately differentiating simple and complicated acute appendicitis (CAA) in children preoperatively can be challenging. The aim of this study is to evaluate the ability of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), total leukocyte count (TLC), percentage lymphocyte, and percentage neutr...
Main Authors: | Samarth Virmani, Padubidri Santosh Prabhu, P T Sundeep, Vijay Kumar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-01-01
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Series: | African Journal of Paediatric Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.afrjpaedsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0189-6725;year=2018;volume=15;issue=1;spage=1;epage=4;aulast=Virmani |
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