Assessment of proadrenomedullin as diagnostic or prognostic biomarker of acute appendicitis in children with acute abdominal pain.
Oikonomopoulou N, Míguez-Navarro C, Rivas-García A, García Gamiz M, López-López R, Oliver-Sáez P, Riaño-Méndez B, Farfan-Orte T, Lobato-Salinas Z, Rúbies-Olives J, Llena-Isla P, Lancho-Monreal EM; PROADM-DOLOR ABDOMINAL of the research net of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Emergencies (RISEUP-SPERG).
Oikonomopoulou N, et al.
Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Jul;37(7):1289-1294. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.09.038. Epub 2018 Sep 26.
Am J Emerg Med. 2019.
PMID: 30287129
AA was diagnosed in 103 children (36.1%), with complications in 10 of them (9.7%). The mean concentration of pro-ADM (nmol/L) was higher in children with AA (0.51 nmol/L, SD 0.16) than in children with acute abdominal pain (AAP) of another etiology (0.44 nmol/L …
AA was diagnosed in 103 children (36.1%), with complications in 10 of them (9.7%). The mean concentration of pro-ADM (nmol/L) was hig …