What is it about?
Increased perioperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) seems to be associated with significantly higher mortality and morbidity in cardiac surgery patients
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Why is it important?
NLR is a significant and inexpensive biomarker for the early identification of patients at high risk for complications. In addition, NLR levels could lead clinicians to perform measures for the optimal therapeutic patient approach.
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This page is a summary of: Perioperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of poor cardiac surgery patient outcomes, Pragmatic and Observational Research, February 2017, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/por.s130560.
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