Can platelet indices be used as predictors of complication in subjects with appendicitis?

CEYLAN B., ASLAN T., CINAR A., KURT A. R., Akkoyunlu Y.

WIENER KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT, vol.128, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 128
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00508-015-0760-4
  • Journal Name: WIENER KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Appendicitis, Blood platelets, Complications, Intestinal perforation, Mean platelet volume, LYMPHOCYTE RATIO, DIAGNOSTIC-VALUE, DISEASE, VOLUME, ADULTS, APPENDECTOMY, PERFORATION, NEUTROPHIL, SEVERITY, SCORE
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We examined the changes of mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) in subjects with appendicitis and whether MPV and PDW could be used to predict the development of complication due to appendicitis.