• Selçuk Nazik, Veli Avci, and Zeynep Küskü Kiraz.
• Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bingöl Maternity and Children's Hospital, Bingöl-Turkey. dr.selcuknazik@hotmail.com.
• Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2017 Jul 1; 23 (4): 317-321.

BackgroundThe aim of the present study was to determine relationship of ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) level, C-reactive protein (CRP) level, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), white blood cell (WBC) count, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and mean platelet volume (MPV) to appendicitis in children.MethodsStudy included total of 63 patients who presented at hospital between May 2015 and November 2015. Of these, 30 were cases of appendicitis, and 33 were healthy control subjects. The groups were statistically similar in age and gender.ResultsReceiver operating characteristic curve was evaluated for IMA, CRP, ESR, WBC, MPV, NLR, and PLR values in patients with appendicitis, and IMA was determined to have highest area under the curve value (0.991), followed by NLR (0.946), CRP (0.808), PLR (0.779), ESR (0.767), WBC (0.749), and MPV (0.583).ConclusionUse of NLR, PLR, IMA, and ESR values may be helpful in diagnosis of appendicitis, in addition to WBC and CRP values, lower right quadrant abdominal pain, and ultrasonography signs commonly used.

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