Neutrophil‐To‐Lymphocyte Ratio: An Emerging Marker Predicting Prognosis in Elderly Adults with Community‐Acquired Pneumonia

To explore the performance of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), an index of systemic inflammation that predicts prognosis of several diseases, in a cohort of elderly adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Unit of Internal Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. Elderly adults admitted for CAP (N = 195). Clinical diagnosis of CAP was defined as the presence of a new infiltrate on plain chest radiography or chest computed tomography associated with one or more suggestive clinical features such as dyspnea, hypo- or hyperthermia, cough, sputum production, tachypnea (respiration rate >20 breaths per minute), altered breath sounds on physical examination, hypoxemia (partial pressure of oxygen 10,000/I1/4L). Clinical examination, traditional tests such as Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI); Confusion, Urea, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, aged 65 and older (CURB-65), and NLR were evaluated at admission. The accuracy and predictive value for 30-day mortality of traditional scores and NLR were compared. These results would encourage early discharge of individuals with a NLR of less than 11.12, short-term in-hospital care for those with a NLR between 11.12 and 13.4, middle-term hospitalization for those with a NLR between 13.4 and 28.3, and admission to a respiratory intensive care unit for those with a NLR greater than 28.3..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 65(2017), 8, Seite 1796-1801

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cataudella, Emanuela [VerfasserIn]
Giraffa, Chiara M [Sonstige Person]
Di Marca, Salvatore [Sonstige Person]
Pulvirenti, Alfredo [Sonstige Person]
Alaimo, Salvatore [Sonstige Person]
Pisano, Marcella [Sonstige Person]
Terranova, Valentina [Sonstige Person]
Corriere, Thea [Sonstige Person]
Ronsisvalle, Maria L [Sonstige Person]
Di Quattro, Rosario [Sonstige Person]
Stancanelli, Benedetta [Sonstige Person]
Giordano, Mauro [Sonstige Person]
Vancheri, Carlo [Sonstige Person]
Malatino, Lorenzo [Sonstige Person]

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BKL:

44.68

Themen:

Aged
Blood
Blood cell count
Blood pressure
C-reactive protein
CAP
Chest
Community‐acquired pneumonia
Computed tomography
Cough
Dyspnea
Elderly adults
Geriatrics
Hyperthermia
Hypoxemia
Leukocytosis
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Mortality
NLR
Neutrophils
Pneumonia
Prognosis
Prognostic score
Radiography
Respiration
Sputum
Urea

doi:

10.1111/jgs.14894

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1995774561