title: Response to Re: Role of inflammatory markers as predictors of laparotomy in patients presenting with acute abdomen.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Brendan H
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8138-5170
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Anthony P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Rozario
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Santosh A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Olakkengil
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin