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ArticleInternal and emergency medicine2016

Can C-reactive protein and white blood cell count alone rule out an urgent condition in acute abdominal pain?

Ciro Paolillo, Ilenia Spallino, Gruppo di Autoformazione Metodologica (GrAM)

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Article in Internal and emergency medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ciro PaolilloSOC Medicina d'Urgenza e Pronto Soccorso AOU S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, UD, Italy. ciropaolillo@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8027-5551
Ilenia SpallinoSOC Medicina d'Urgenza e Pronto Soccorso AOU S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, UD, Italy.
Gruppo di Autoformazione Metodologica (GrAM)
Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Up to 10% of all patients at the Emergency Department present for acute abdominal pain. The C-reactive protein (CRP) and white blood cell (WBC) are routinely determined as part of the workup of patients with abdominal pain. Three large prospective cohort studies comprising a total of 2961 adult patients with acute abdominal pain were selected. CRP levels and WBC counts were compared between patients with urgent and nonurgent final diagnoses. These studies conclude that the laboratory values individually are weak discriminators and cannot be used as a triage instrument in the selection of patients with acute abdominal pain requiring additional diagnostic tests.

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Leukocyte CountAbdomen, AcuteAdultC-Reactive ProteinFemaleHumansMalePredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesTriageC-Reactive ProteinAbdominal painAcute abdomenC-reactive protein (CRP)White blood cell (WBC)

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PMID26506830
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