[Acute intestinal ischemia serum markers for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis].

Introduction: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency of the abdomen, but is still misdiagnosed in a large number of cases because of the the poor accuracy of the different radiologic and laboratory exams. Like in intestinal ischemia, an ischemic factor causes necrosis of the appendiceal wall and this favors the release of particular biochemical serum markers.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of intestinal ischemia serum markers as a diagnostic test for acute appendicitis.