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ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2024

Comparison of the ability of newly inflammatory markers to predict complicated appendicitis.

Ali Saridas, Nafis Vural, Murat Duyan, Hasan Can Guven, Elif Ertas, Basar Cander

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Article in Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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  8. Predictive value of the HALP score in differentiating complicated and uncomplicated acute appendicitis.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2025
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Ali SaridasDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2725-6001
Nafis VuralSchool of Medicine, Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3551-201X
Murat DuyanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6420-3259
Hasan Can GuvenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5576-4911
Elif ErtasDepartment of Biostatistics, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1827-4862
Basar CanderDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3308-5843

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Abstract

Introduction: Acute appendicitis (AA) is the predominant condition responsible for acute abdominal pain across all age demographics. The purpose of this research is to determine if the hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet (HALP) and modified HALP (m-HALP) scores differ between complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis in patients diagnosed with AA who have applied to the emergency department (ED). Additionally, this study aims to investigate whether HALP and m-HALP scores are superior to other biomarkers. Materials and methods: The retrospective analysis included adult patients, aged eighteen or older, who were diagnosed with AA, and sought treatment at the ED of a tertiary hospital. Patients were divided into two groups: complicated appendicitis (CA) and uncomplicated appendicitis (UCA). The cut-off in diagnostic value measurements was determined using the receiver operating characteristic analysis. Results: A total of 436 patients (CA: 126, UCA: 310) were included. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), neutrophil-to-albumin ratio, systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), systemic inflammation response index (SIRI), and pan-immune inflammation value (PIV) were found to have acceptable diagnostic power in CA detection (area under the curve [AUC]: 0.735-0.783). In detecting UCA, HALP and m-HALP were of fair diagnostic power (AUC: 0.64, 0.68, respectively). Conclusions: In this study, we found that although PIV, SIRI, SII, and NLR had acceptable diagnostic values in distinguishing CA and UCA, HALP and m-HALP had fair diagnostic values.

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acute appendicitiscomplicated appendicitisemergency departmentHALPm-HALP

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