ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2025
Value of Early Kinetics of Procalcitonin with Point-of-Care Test to Predict Postoperative Abscess Following Non-Complicated Acute Appendicitis: A Pilot Study.
Pietro Fransvea, Valeria Fico, Claudia Arcangeli, Gaia Altieri, Giuseppe Tropeano, Marta Di Grezia, Gilda Pepe, Filomena Misuriello, Giuseppe Brisinda, Gabriele Sganga and 1 more
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Pietro FransveaEmergency Surgery and Trauma Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli, IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4969-3373 Valeria FicoEmergency Surgery and Trauma Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli, IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1619-4164 Claudia ArcangeliDepartment of Translational Medicine and Surgery, Catholic School of Medicine "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy.
Gaia AltieriEmergency Surgery and Trauma Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli, IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe TropeanoEmergency Surgery and Trauma Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli, IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Marta Di GreziaEmergency Surgery and Trauma Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli, IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Gilda PepeEmergency Surgery and Trauma Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli, IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9852-6243 Filomena MisurielloDepartment of Translational Medicine and Surgery, Catholic School of Medicine "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe BrisindaEmergency Surgery and Trauma Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli, IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8820-9471 Gabriele SgangaDepartment of Translational Medicine and Surgery, Catholic School of Medicine "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy.
Sergio AlfieriEmergency Surgery and Trauma Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli, IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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Abdominal AbscessAppendicitisPoint-of-Care TestingPostoperative ComplicationsProcalcitoninAdultAppendectomyBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinFemaleHumansKineticsMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsPredictive Value of TestsBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinProcalcitoninacute appendicitisacute care surgeryartificial intelligenceprocalcitonin
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