Dear Surgeons…We are done ordering WBCs and CR(A)Ps for your Appendicitis

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No WBC count or CRP level can safely and sufficiently confirm or exclude the suspected diagnosis of acute appendicitis in patients who present with abdominal pain of 5 days or less in duration.

EMKF

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