Evaluation of the efficiency of the systemic immune-inflammation index in differentiating parapneumonic effusion from empyema.

Muhammed Mustafa Güneylioğlu Ali Güngör Aytaç Göktuğ Çiğdem Üner I Lknur Bodur Raziye Merve Yaradılmış Betül Öztürk Zeynep Savas Şen Nilden Tuygun

Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2022)

Inflammation markers can be useful in predicting empyema. The best markers were found to be SII, LMR, CRP, and ANC. High SII is one of the practical diagnostic markers that can be used differentiate empyema from PPE in PED.

Keyphrases

oxidative stress
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
contrast enhanced