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Diagnostic Value of Blood Inflammatory Markers for Detection of Acute Appendicitis in Children CME

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Release Date: August 29, 2007; Valid for credit through August 29, 2008
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    Acute appendicitis is a common surgical condition associated with an acute-phase reaction, and in young children, the rate of appendectomy with normal appendices may be as high as 50%. Inflammatory markers that aid in more accurate preoperative diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children would help reduce this false-negative rate.

  1. Diagnostic Value of Blood Inflammatory Markers for Detection of Acute Appendicitis in Children
    Ulrich Sack, MD
    Birgit Biereder, MD
    Tino Elouahidi, MD
    Katrin Bauer, MD
    Thomas Keller, MD
    Ralf-Bodo Tröbs

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