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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2025

Postoperative C-Reactive Protein Trend Is a More Accurate Predictor of Anastomotic Leak than Absolute Values Alone.

Britney R Niemann, Jeevan Murthy, Connor Breinholt, Jacob Swords, Alyson Stevens, Mary Garland-Kledzik, Keri Mayers, Emily Groves, Kevin Train, Douglas Murken

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Britney R NiemannDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8129-5220
Jeevan MurthyDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2014-5157
Connor BreinholtDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
Jacob SwordsDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
Alyson StevensCancer Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0574-4917
Mary Garland-KledzikDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8346-4024
Keri MayersDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
Emily GrovesDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
Kevin TrainDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-0512-004X
Douglas MurkenDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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anastomotic leakcolorectal surgeryC-reactive protein

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PMID40363964
PMCPMC12072654

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