Normal inflammatory markers and acute appendicitis: a national multicentre prospective cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

For the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, the combination of clinical and laboratory variables achieves high diagnostic accuracy. Nevertheless, appendicitis can present with normal laboratory tests of inflammation. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of normal inflammatory markers in patients operated for acute appendicitis.

Methods

This is an analysis of data from a prospective, multicentre SNAPSHOT cohort study of patients with suspected acute appendicitis. Only patients with histopathologically proven acute appendicitis were included. Adult patients with acute appendicitis and normal preoperative inflammatory markers were explored further in terms of abdominal complaints, preoperative imaging results and intraoperative assessment of the degree of

SUBMITTER: de Jonge J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8195794 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature