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Delta neutrophil index as an early predictor of acute appendicitis and acute complicated appendicitis in adults

Overview of attention for article published in World Journal of Emergency Surgery, July 2017
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Title
Delta neutrophil index as an early predictor of acute appendicitis and acute complicated appendicitis in adults
Published in
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, July 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13017-017-0140-7
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Dong Hyuk Shin, Young Suk Cho, Gyu Chong Cho, Hee Cheol Ahn, Seung Min Park, Seung Wook Lim, Young Taeck Oh, Ji Woong Cho, Sang O. Park, Young Hwan Lee

Abstract

This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the ability of the delta neutrophil index (DNI) to predict histologically normal appendicitis preoperatively and to differentiate between simple and complicated appendicitis. The data from 650 patients were divided into positive and negative appendectomy groups (histologically normal appendicitis). The patients in the acute appendicitis group were further sub-divided into simple and complicated appendicitis groups. The DNI was significantly higher in the positive group than in the negative appendectomy group (0.4 vs. -0.4, p < 0.001) as well as in the complicated group compared with that in the simple appendicitis group (1.2 vs. 0.3, p < 0.001). The DNI independently predicted a positive appendectomy and an acute complicated appendicitis in multivariate logistic regression analysis [odds ratio (OR) 2.62, 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.11~6.16), p = 0.028 and odds ratio (OR) 4.10, 95% confidence interval (CI) (2.94~5.80), p < 0.001]. The optimum cut-off for a positive appendectomy and acute complicated appendicitis were 0.2 [area under curve (AUC) 0.709] and 0.6 (AUC 0.727). We suggest that obtaining a preoperative DNI is a useful parameter to aid in the diagnosis of histologically normal appendicitis and to differentiate between simple and complicated appendicitis.

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Unknown 42 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 17%
Student > Master 4 10%
Student > Postgraduate 3 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 7%
Professor 2 5%
Other 7 17%
Unknown 16 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 19 45%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 2%
Neuroscience 1 2%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 17 40%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 September 2023.
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#7,443,296
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#200
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#10
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