Improving the Preoperative Diagnostic Accuracy of Acute Appendicitis. Can Fecal Calprotectin Be Helpful?

Peter C AmbeValerie OrthDaniel GöddeHubert Zirngibl

Published in: PloS one (2016)

Fecal calprotectin could be helpful in screening patients with pain to the right lower quadrant for the presence of acute appendicitis or infectious enteritis with the aim of facilitating clinical decision-making and reducing the rate of negative appendectomy.

Keyphrases

decision making
chronic pain
disease activity
pain management
patients undergoing
neuropathic pain
systemic lupus erythematosus
abdominal pain
spinal cord