Association between red cell distribution width and mean platelet volume with appendicitis: a myth or a fact?

Dinc T., ŞENOL K., Yildiz B., Kayilioglu I., Sozen I., Coskun F.

BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY, vol.116, no.8, pp.499-501, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 116 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.4149/bll_2015_096
  • Journal Name: BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.499-501
  • Keywords: acute appendicitis, red cell distribution width, mean platelet volume, platelet distribution width, LABORATORY TESTS, PREDICTOR, MORTALITY, DIAGNOSIS, COUNT
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: No

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The aim of our study was to identify if there was a relation between red cell distribution width, mean platelet volume, platelet distribution width, leukocyte count and thrombocyte count at the time of presentation to hospital and acute appendicitis.