Keywords
Neutrophil
Lymphocyte
Platelet
Emergency
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Abstract :
Objectives: The activation of inflammatory processes in ischemic stroke might be important for the pathophysiological processes of ischemic stroke. The correlation between the Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Platelet to Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR) and stroke volume is increasingly being recognized as a prognostic biomarker for patient outcome after an ischemic stroke incidence. This retrospective study aimed at determining if there is existed correlation between the NLR, PLR and stroke volume in patients presenting with ischemic stroke at the emergency department. The results will aid emergency doctors to gain an understanding on how to rapidly identify the most high-risk patients based on the NLR and taPLR obtained from routine blood tests permitting rapidly therapeutic interventions and better long-term survival outcomes for patients with ischemic strokes.
Methods: A retrospective study was performed between May 2016-2019. Patients 18 years and older of both genders presented to the emergency department with symptoms of ischemic stroke with time of onset of symptoms within the last 24 hours of whom complete blood count (CBC) tests were conducted and ischemic stroke was confirmed by Diffusion weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DWI-MRI) were enrolled. NLR and PLR were calculated from CBC tests and ischemic stroke volume was measured in mm3 using Manual Segmentation Process.
Results: A total of 489 patients were enrolled in this study of which 266 (54.5%) were male and 223 (45.6%) were female. It was observed a statistically significant correlation between the ischemic stroke volume and NLR while no significant correlation was observed between stroke volume and PLR.
Conclusion: There is a significant weak positive relationship between NLR and ischemic stroke volume. NLR is significantly correlated with cerebral ischemic stroke volume and thus can be utilized as a guide by emergency doctors in the emergency department to predict the severity and the outcome of patients diagnosed with ischemic stroke.
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