Alterations and diagnostic performance of capillary ketonemia in pediatric acute appendicitis: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The diagnostic performance of capillary ketonemia (CK) has been previously evaluated in context of pediatric acute gastroenteritis. To our knowledge, there is no literature on its performance in the setting of pediatric acute appendicitis (PAA).

Materials and methods

In this study, 151 patients were prospectively included and divided into two groups: (1) patients with non-surgical abdominal pain in whom the diagnosis of PAA was excluded (n = 53) and (2) patients with a confirmed diagnosis of PAA (n = 98). In 80 patients (Group 1, n = 23 and group 2, n = 57) a CK was measured at the time of diagnosis. The PAA group was further classified into complicated (n = 18) and uncomplicated PAA (n = 39). Quantitative variables were compared between groups using the Mann-Wh

SUBMITTER: Arredondo Montero J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9741565 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature