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ArticleWiener klinische Wochenschrift2016

Can platelet indices be used as predictors of complication in subjects with appendicitis?

Bahadır Ceylan, Turan Aslan, Ahmet Çınar, Ayşe Ruhkar Kurt, Yasemin Akkoyunlu

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Article in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bahadır CeylanMedical Faculty, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Vatan Caddesi, Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey. bceylan2004@yahoo.com.
Turan AslanMedical Faculty, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Vatan Caddesi, Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey.
Ahmet ÇınarMedical Faculty, Department of Internal Diseases, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Vatan Caddesi, Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey.
Ayşe Ruhkar KurtMedical Faculty, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Vatan Caddesi, Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey.
Yasemin AkkoyunluMedical Faculty, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Vatan Caddesi, Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey.
Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe examined the changes of mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) in subjects with appendicitis and whether MPV and PDW could be used to predict the development of complication due to appendicitis.

methodsThe healthy control group, the cases of appendicitis with perforation, and the cases of appendicitis without perforation were compared with regard to MPV and PDW. We determined whether MPV and PDW were independent variables predictive of the development of complication in subjects with appendicitis.

resultsThis retrospective case-control study included a total of 362 patients (249 of which were male (68.8 %) and 113 were female (31.2 %); median age, 30 [range, 18-84 years]). One hundred and ninety-two subjects (53 %) presented with appendicitis and 170 (47 %) comprised the healthy control group. Sixty-six (18.2 %) of the subjects with appendicitis developed complication. MPVs were lower in subjects of appendicitis without complication compared to the subjects of appendicitis with complication and the control group (MPV, 9.78 ± 0.99 vs. 10.20 ± 1.21 and 10.14 ± 1.03, respectively [p = 0.005]). The PDW levels were not different between the three groups. Independent variables predictive of the presence of complication included increased MPV and time from onset of symptoms to hospital presentation (odds ratio[confidence interval], p-value: 1.507[1.064-2.133], 0.021 and 18.887[5.139-69.410], 0.0001, respectively).

conclusionsOur findings suggested these, MPV values in cases of appendicitis without complication were lower than the cases with complication and healthy control and MPV is a predictor of the development of complication in subjects with appendicitis.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAppendicitisBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesCausalityComorbidityFemaleHumansIntestinal PerforationMaleMean Platelet VolumeMiddle AgedPlatelet CountBiomarkersAppendicitisBlood plateletsComplicationsIntestinal perforationMean platelet volume

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