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Usefulness of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio to Predict In-hospital Outcomes in Infective Endocarditis      
Yazarlar (11)
Osman Turak
Turkey Specialized Higher Education & Research Hospital, Türkiye
Fırat Özcan
Turkey Specialized Higher Education & Research Hospital, Türkiye
Ahmet İşleyen
Turkey Specialized Higher Education & Research Hospital, Türkiye
Fatma Nurcan Başar
Türkiye
Murat Gül
Aksaray Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Samet Yılmaz
Pamukkale Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Erdoğan SÖKMEN Doç. Dr. Erdoğan SÖKMEN
Turkey Specialized Higher Education & Research Hospital, Türkiye
Hüseyin Yüzgeçer
Turkey Specialized Higher Education & Research Hospital, Türkiye
Gökhan Lafçı
Turkey Specialized Higher Education & Research Hospital, Türkiye
Serkan Topaloğlu
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Sinan Aydoğdu
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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Özet
Background: The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is an independent predictor of worse prognosis in both infectious and cardiovascular disease. We hypothesized that an increased neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio at admission would predict in-hospital unfavourable outcomes in patients with infective endocarditis (IE).
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic data in a total of 121 consecutive adult patients (64 men; mean age, 54.7 +/- 14.2 years) with definite IE.
Results: Among all patients, the prespecified clinical outcomes were experienced in 46 patients (38%). In-hospital mortality and central nervous system (CNS) events occurred in 29 (24%) and 21 patients (17%), respectively. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio at admission was found to be significantly higher for either composite end point. On using multiple Cox regression analysis, vegetation size >= 10 mm, end-stage renal disease, Staphylococcus aureus infection, low hemoglobin level, increased C-reactive protein (CRP) level, and high neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio at admission emerged as independent predictors of in-hospital unfavourable outcomes. In the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis, a neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio > 7.1 had 80% sensitivity and 83% specificity in predicting adverse outcomes.
Conclusion: High neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio at admission is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality and CNS events in patients with IE. However, prospective validation of these findings is required.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Dergi ISSN 0828-282X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 12-2013
Cilt No 29
Sayı 12
Sayfalar 1672 / 1678
DOI Numarası 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.05.005
Makale Linki https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0828282X13003231