The relevance of practical laboratory markers in predicting high-grade vesicoureteral reflux and renal scarring.

Evrim Kargın Çakıcı Evrim Kargın Cakıcı Ayse Secil Eksioglu Tulin Gungor Evra Çelikkaya Deniz Karakaya Çiğdem Üner Mehmet Bülbül

Published in: Hospital practice (1995) (2023)

White blood cell count, NLR, and PLR were useful biomarkers closely related to children with febrile UTI who are at risk for high-grade VUR can also act as a novel marker to accurate prediction of high-grade VUR and renal scarring. Also, NLR and PLR can serve as useful diagnostic biomarkers to distinguish high-grade VUR from low-grade VUR.

Keyphrases

high grade
low grade
young adults
urinary tract infection
stem cells
peripheral blood
bone marrow