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Table 2 Results of laboratory investigations of patients with acute abdominal pain in the ED

From: Predictive score for diagnosing acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency department: a retrospective study

Laboratory investigation

Number of patients

p-value

Acute diverticulitis

(n = 72)

Non acute diverticulitis

(n = 352)

WBC (cell/mm3)

(Mean [SD])

11,501 (3718.9)

12187.2 (7101.5)

0.426

WBC group (cell/mm3)

  

0.279

 < 10,000

21 (29.2)

130 (36.9

 

 10,000–15,000

36 (50)

141 (40.1)

 

 > 15,000

15 (20.8)

81 (23)

 

PMN (%) (Mean [SD])

74.3 (9.9)

75.8 (12.4)

0.338

Band (%) (Mean [SD])

3.2 (7.6)

3.5 (7.9)

0.888

Lactate (mmol/L)

(Mean [SD])

1.3 (0.4)

1.8 (2)

0.338

  1. Abbreviations: ED, emergency department; WBC, white blood cell; PMN, polymorphonuclear neutrophils; LAC, lactate level; SD, Standard deviation
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