Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio: an accurate method for diagnosing infection in cirrhosis.

Rui De Sousa Magalhães Joana MagalhãesBernardo Sousa-PintoTiago Cúrdia GonçalvesBruno RosaJosé Cotter

Published in: Postgraduate medicine (2021)

NLR is a straightforward approach to attest the individual infection risk on cirrhotic patients. We report NLR cutoffs 3.6 and 14 as optimal for overall infection diagnosing, mainly due to community infection.

Keyphrases

healthcare
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
mental health
prognostic factors