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 3 ΔPCT and ΔNLR in patients with different bacterial bloodstream infections.
Index | Gram-positive cocci | P value | Gram-negative bacilli | P value | ||
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Shock group (n=35) | Non-shockgroup (n=34) | Shock group (n=45) | Non-shock group (n=32) | |||
ΔPCT | 0.446 (0.194, 1.036) | 0.346 (0.120, 0.732) | 0.067 | 0.606 (0.246, 5.038) | 0.312 (0.172, 0.806) | 0.001 |
ΔNLR | 0.573 (0.213, 2.078) | 0.417 (0.101, 0.895) | 0.154 | 0.872 (0.309, 7.061) | 0.508 (0.314, 0.975) | 0.042 |
ΔPCT=|(PCT48h-PCT0h)|/PCT0h; ΔNLR=|(NLR48h-NLR0h)|/NLR0h. |