Preoperative Hyponatremia Indicates Complicated Acute Appendicitis.

Nikolaos G SymeonidisEfstathios T PavlidisKyriakos K PsarrasKalliopi StavratiChristina NikolaidouAlexandra MarneriGeorgios GeropoulosMaria MeitanidouEmili AndreouTheodoros E Pavlidis

Published in: Surgery research and practice (2022)

The present study demonstrated that preoperative hyponatremia is associated with complicated appendicitis. Serum sodium levels, a routine, low-cost laboratory test, could act as an accessory marker aiding surgeons in earlier identification of gangrenous or perforated acute appendicitis.

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