5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid as a biomarker for revealing perforation in acute appendicitis
This study shows that the 5-HIAA concentration in patients with perforated appendicitis can potentially increased significantly more than that in patients in the early stages of acute appendicitis. further studies with larger sample sizes are needed to prove the present results.
Authors
- Alireza Haghbin Toutounchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5446-6346)
- Arash Mohammadi Tofigh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3712-0650)
- Hojatolah Khoshnoudi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7518-9825)
- Shervin Tavakoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0106-9666)
- Zeinab Taabzadeh
- Ehsan Adinevand
Institutions
- Guilan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Imam Hossein Hospital (IR)
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-024-03451-0
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.07