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Query: UMLS:C0085693 (acute appendicitis)
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To determine the informative significance of the myoglobin test for prognosticating the postoperative complications in children treated by surgery for acute appendicitis, the authors compared the content of serum myoglobin in patients with a favorable (31 children) and in those with a complicated (12 children) course of the postoperative period. The detected peculiarities of the initial (at the time of the operative intervention) myoglobin level and its changes in the first two postoperative days allowed the possibility of the development of postoperative pyoinflammatory complications to be predicted with an accuracy of up to 75%.
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PMID:[Prognosis in the course of postoperative period in acute appendicitis in children]. 799 Mar 18