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...

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Main Authors: Samarth Virmani, Padubidri Santosh Prabhu, P T Sundeep, Vijay Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
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