Perioperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of poor cardiac surgery patient outcomes

Perioperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of poor cardiac surgery patient outcomes

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between the perioperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and cardiac surgery patient outcomes. A retrospective cohort study of 145 patients who underwent cardiac surgery in a tertiary hospital of Athens, Greece, from January t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pragmatic and observational research 2017-01, Vol.8, p.9-14
Hauptverfasser: Giakoumidakis, Konstantinos, Fotos, Nikolaos V, Patelarou, Athina, Theologou, Stavros, Argiriou, Mihalis, Chatziefstratiou, Anastasia A, Katzilieri, Christina, Brokalaki, Hero
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Sprache:eng
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Analysis
Cardiac patients
Care and treatment
Educational software
Heart surgery
Lymphocytes
Medical records
Medical research
Mortality
Original Research
Patient outcomes
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between the perioperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and cardiac surgery patient outcomes. A retrospective cohort study of 145 patients who underwent cardiac surgery in a tertiary hospital of Athens, Greece, from January to March 2015, was conducted. By using a structured short questionnaire, this study reviewed the electronic hospital database and the medical and nursing patient records for data collection purposes. The statistical significance was two-tailed, and -values
ISSN:1179-7266
1179-7266
DOI:10.2147/POR.S130560