05 May 2022>: Clinical Research
Predictive Value of Procalcitonin and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Variations for Bloodstream Infection with Septic Shock
Peipei Liang ABCDEFG , Feng Yu AFG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.935966
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e935966
Table 1 Comparison of baseline information between the 2 groups of patients.
Baseline clinical characteristics | Shock group (n=80) | Non-shock group (n=66) | P value |
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Sex (Male/Female) | 47/33 | 39/27 | 0.081 |
Age (years) | 57.64±17.71 | 62.75±18.16 | 0.153 |
PCT0h (ng/mL) | 31.860 (6.355, 76.375) | 2.530 (0.320, 10.570) | |
PCT48h (ng/mL) | 22.860 (2.107, 40.305) | 0.879 (0.173, 5.320) | |
NLR0h | 21.367 (10.544, 37.838) | 10.019 (5.102, 15.093) | |
NLR48h | 10.232 (6.340, 20.067) | 6.467 (2.504, 10.136) | 0.026 |
Complications of diabetes | 24 (30.00%) | 20 (30.30%) | 0.850 |
Complications of cardiovascular disease | 16 (20.00%) | 12 (18.18%) | 0.274 |
Complications of respiratory disease | 62 (77.50%) | 46 (69.69%) | 0.063 |
Complications of kidney disease | 18 (22.50%) | 10 (15.15%) | 0.062 |
Outcome [ICU mortality, n (%)] | 49 (61.25%) | 16 (24.24%) | |
NLR – neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; NLR0h – NLR at 0 hours; NLR48h – NLR at 48 hours; PCT – procalcitonin; PCT0h – PCT at 0 hours; PCT48h – PCT at 48 hours. |