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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kundi, Harun, MD
• Balun, Ahmet, MD
• Cicekcioglu, Hulya, MD
• Cetin, Mustafa, MD
• Kiziltunc, Emrullah, MD
• Cetin, Zehra Guven, MD
• Mansuroglu, Candan, MD
• Ornek, Ender, MD

Titel

The relation between platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index in acute pulmonary embolism

Ist Teil von

• Heart & lung, 2015-07, Vol.44 (4), p.340-343

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

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Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract Purpose In this study, we aimed to investigate the value of the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) for predicting disease severity based on simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (sPESI), as well as in-hospital mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (APE). Materials and methods Our hospital‘s electronic patient database was searched for the patients with ICD-9 code I26, and eligible 646 patients were included in the study. Results Univariate logistic regression analysis showed that PLR, pulmonary artery systolic pressure, right ventricular dysfunction, D-dimer level, and white blood cell, lymphocyte, platelet and neutrophil counts were significantly correlated with a high sPESI score in patients with APE. Conclusions To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study in the literature showing that a high PLR is independently associated with a high risk of mortality in patients with APE.