Retrospective analysis of the benefit of various acute-phase reactants for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Ofer Landau; Shalom Watemberg; Nadir Arber; Abu Abid Subchi; Dina Lev; Samia Hutba; Joseph Klausner; Moshe Aronson; Shlomo Berliner

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Retrospective analysis of the benefit of various acute-phase reactants for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Ofer Landau, Shalom Watemberg, Nadir Arber, Abu Abid Subchi, Dina Lev, Samia Hutba, Joseph Klausner, Moshe Aronson, Shlomo Berliner

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We examined the effectiveness of a new laboratory tool - the leukocyte adhesiveness/aggregation test - in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. A total of 63 patients, mean age 32 (range 10-85) years, admitted for right lower quadrant abdominal pain were assessed clinically, and laboratory tests were performed. Forty-one of the 63 patients were operated on. Ten (15.8%) were found intra-operatively to have a normal appendix, and the remainder had appendicitis. White blood count, number of neutrophils and monocytes, and leukocyte adhesiveness/aggregation were statistically significant in the 28 patients with frank appendicitis. The aim of this paper is the presentation of the leukocyte adhesiveness/aggregation test as an important tool for more precise diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	457-459
Number of pages	3
Journal	Digestive Surgery
Volume	13
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000172488
State	Published - 1 Jan 1996

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Acute appendicitis
Acute-phase reactants
Leukocyte adhesiveness/aggregation test

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Retrospective analysis of the benefit of various acute-phase reactants for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. / Landau, Ofer; Watemberg, Shalom; Arber, Nadir; Subchi, Abu Abid; Lev, Dina; Hutba, Samia; Klausner, Joseph ; Aronson, Moshe ; Berliner, Shlomo.

In: Digestive Surgery, Vol. 13, No. 6, 01.01.1996, p. 457-459.

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