Concomitant leukocytosis and lymphopenia predict significant pathology at CT of acute abdomen: a case-control study

Article Article scientifique Article Concomitant leukocytosis and lymphopenia predict significant pathology at CT of acute abdomen: a case-control study eng 2019 author Platon Alexandra 554893 author Frund Chloé 724141 author Meijers Laura 715238 author Perneger Thomas 28462 author Andereggen Elisabeth Marie 32792 author Becker Minerva 134255 author Halfon Poletti Alice Esther 35981 author Rutschmann Olivier Thierry 45545 author Poletti Pierre-Alexandre Alois 34563 10.1186/s12873-019-0227-4 30658580 1471-227X https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6339375/ Acute abdominal pain accounts for about 10% of emergency department visits and has progressively become the primary indication for CT scanning in most centers. The goal of our study is to identify biological or clinical variables able to predict or rule out significant pathology (conditions requiring urgent medical or surgical treatment) on abdominal CT in patients presenting to an emergency department with acute abdominal pain. Acute abdominal pain Computed tomography Emergency Leukocytosis Relative lymphopenia Dewey 613 Dewey 616.0757 Dewey 617 62 Département de radiologie et informatique médicale 227 63 Département d'anesthésiologie, pharmacologie, soins intensifs et urgences 229 64 Département de santé et médecine communautaires 22A false 88 Epidémiologie clinique 115 411 Groupe Becker Minerva (imagerie ORL) 683 469 Radiologie des urgences 800 BMC Emergency Medicine 19 1 dd660715-a065-4920-9ac9-e68b486920c5 Article (Published version) Public s12873-019-0227-4.pdf 556462 application/pdf CC BY openAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département d'anesthésiologie, pharmacologie, soins intensifs et urgences Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires

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