Erschienen in:
Open Access
01.12.2013 | Letter to the Editor
Red Blood cell distribution width: an emerging diagnostic factor of acute appendicitis?
verfasst von:
Ergenekon Karagöz, Alpaslan Tanoglu
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Emergency Surgery
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Ausgabe 1/2013
Abstract
Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical abdominal emergency. Immidiate diagnosis of this disease is crucial, because this condition can lead to appendiceal perforation, potential peritonitis, and even death. We read with great interest the article ‘The role of red cell distribution width (RDW) in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: a retrospective case-controlled study’ by Narci et al. and wanted to discuss whether RDW alone provide certain information about the inflammatory status of the patient with acute appendicitis.