 |
|
- Main page
- News
- RJLabM Credits
- Archive
- Instructions for authors
- Online applications
- Editorial
- About us
-
Links
- Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
- Acta Marisiensis Seria Medica
- Bacteriologia, Virusologia, Parazitologia, Epidemiologia
- Biochemia Medica
- Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
- Clinical Chemistry
- Clinica Chimica Acta
- Documenta Haematologica
- Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology
- Biostatistics and web search strategies (Romanian)
- How to spot a statistical problem
- Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature
ISSN online: 2284-5623
ISSN-L: 1841-6624
Rejection rate (2020): 75%
Journal Metrics
Impact Factor 0.5 Five Year Impact Factor 0.5 JCI 0.12
Log in
Concept, Design & Programming
Dr. Adrian Man
Short communication Predictive Value of Neutrophil Count for Postoperative Complications in Children after Surgery of Perforated Appendicitis Vesna Marjanovic, Ivana Budic, Ljubinka Jankovic-Velickovic, Marija Stevic, Milos Kostic, Dusica Simic
Correspondence should be addressed to: Vesna Marjanovic
Abstract: Introduction: Perforated appendicitis (PA) in children is associated with a considerable risk for postoperative complications (POCs) such as wound infection and intra-abdominal abscess. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of hematological parameters in the early POC detection in children after PA surgery. Materials and Methods: The study enrolled 71 patients with PA divided into two groups: 14 patients with POC (POC+ group) and 57 patients without POC (POC- group). Clinical and hematological parameters were followed preoperatively, prior to the surgery (PRO) and postoperatively on day 2 (POD2) and day 4 (POD4). Results: The POC+ group had longer duration of higher axillar temperature as well as extended intensive and inpatient care. This group also had a significantly lower absolute neutrophil count ratio between POD2 and POD4. According to the receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, relative neutrophil count on POD4 higher than 71.8% and the ratio of absolute neutrophil count between POD2 and POD4 lower than 44.5% were found to be useful for predicting POC. Conclusion: Absolute neutrophil count ratio between POD2 and POD4 and relative neutrophil count at POD4 could be efficient in identifying children at higher risk of developing POC after PA surgery. Keywords: perforated appendicitis, predictors of postoperative complication, children
Received: 22.10.2020 |
|||||
|
Download full text PDF (404 KB) |
||||
|
Marjanovic V, Budic I, Jankovic-Velickovic L, Stevic M, Kostic M, Simic D. Predictive Value of Neutrophil Count for Postoperative Complications in Children after Surgery of Perforated Appendicitis. Rev Romana Med Lab. 2021;29(1):77-84. DOI:10.2478/rrlm-2021-0008
|
|||||