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1455149

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-1-4
pubmed:abstractText
C-reactive protein (CRP) has been measured in plasma of patients with acute appendicitis and in controls without appendicitis to test the accuracy and diagnostic performance of a new rapid test kit for CRP (NycoCard CRP). The values obtained for CRP by the rapid test correlated well (Rs = 0.92) with the reference method for measuring CRP. The sensitivity, specificity and predictive values were calculated at different cut-off values. At values > 10 mg l-1 a sensitivity of 58% and a negative predictive value of 72% were found. Higher values of sensitivity were observed for men than for women, 69% and 44% respectively. Patients with acute appendicitis who had had symptoms for more than 24 h, had elevated CRP values (cut-off > 10 mg l-1) in more than 80% of cases. Our study shows that the rapid CRP test and the reference CRP test gave an almost identical result.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0036-5513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
585-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Rapid C-reactive protein (CRP) measurements in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Rogaland Central County Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study