ArticleUlusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES2022
Predictive value of serum sodium level in determining perforated appendicitis.
Article in Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hyponatremia as a predictor of complicated appendicitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Biomarkers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Article
- Article
- Article
- Diagnostic value of the pregnancy index for acute appendicitis in pregnant women.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- Establishment and validation of a nomogram for predicting postoperative intestinal adhesion in children with acute appendicitis.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Usefulness of serum sodium levels as a novel marker for predicting acute appendicitis severity: a retrospective cohort study.BMC surgery · 2023Article
- A new, simple marker for predicting complicated appendicitis in patients with normal white blood cell count indicator; LUC.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2023Article
- Relationship between IgE-mediated allergy and complicated appendicitis in children.Pediatric surgery international · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe aim of the study was to investigate the predictive value of hyponatremia as a new biochemical marker for the early and accurate preoperative diagnosis of complicated appendicitis in the adult population.
methods732 patients who were operated for acute appendicitis (AA) and diagnosed as perforation intraoperatively were evaluated retrospectively. Serum sodium, C-reactive protein (CRP), and leukocyte levels of patients with perforated and nonperforated appendicitis were compared.
resultsPerforated appendicitis patients had statistically lower serum Na values (p<0.001). Similarly, patients without perforated appendicitis had higher serum CRP values (p<0.001). In patients diagnosed with perforated AA, the sensitivity of plasma sodium concentration was 63%, and the specificity was 66%. The threshold value of plasma sodium concentration ≤137.5 mEq/L had the best possible sensitivity and specificity.
conclusionHyponatremia is a new marker of perforated appendicitis and therefore, serum sodium level measurement should be considered in patients with a clinical presentation consistent with appendicitis if complications are suspected.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.