TY - JOUR ID - 100181 TI - Positive Predictive Value of Alkaline Phosphatase in Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage (DPL) for the Need of Further Surgery in Patients with Torso Trauma JO - Trauma Monthly JA - TM LA - en SN - 2251-7464 AU - Ayazi, Khosro AU - Hayatollah, Gholam Hossein AU - Emami Yeganeh, Farbod AU - Mirzaian, Elham AU - Nemati Honar, Behzad AD - Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 23 IS - 6 SP - EP - KW - Diagnostic KW - Lavage KW - Peritoneal KW - Alkaline phosphatase KW - Trauma KW - Torso DO - 10.5812/traumamon.62104 N2 - Background: Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage (DPL) is a routine method for evaluating internal organ damage in patients with blunt or penetrating torso trauma. Internal organ damage can lead to elevated alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels in the DPL fluid. In this study, the researchers aimed to assess the prognostic value of elevated alkaline phosphatase levels and the need for laparotomy. Methods: In this study, the researchers evaluated 42 patients with torso trauma (18 penetrating and 24 blunt traumas). The ALP was positive for all the patients in DPL (2 IU/mL UR - https://www.traumamon.com/article_100181.html L1 - https://www.traumamon.com/article_100181_95716da0dfb35ec5d907719878a326ea.pdf ER -