Role of Fecal Calprotectin in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Abdominal Pain with or without Diarrhea or Rectal Bleeding

CONCLUSION: In the emergency setting, faecal calprotectin could be a helpful marker to select patients with abdominal pain who need second-level radiological examinations or endoscopic procedures, guiding the emergency physician in the evaluation of such a complex and wideranging symptom.PMID:37921137 | DOI:10.2174/0115748871259008231006071656

Source: Pain Physician - November 3, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Angela Saviano Carmine Petruzziello Christian Zanza Marcello Candelli Maurizio Gabrielli Alessio Migneco Francesco Franceschi Veronica Ojetti Source Type: research