Dergiler / Şişli Etfal Hastanesi Tıp Bülteni / 2022 / Cilt: 56 - Sayı: 1

Lymphocyte to Monocyte Ratio and C-Reactive Protein Combination as the Best Simple Predictor of Treatment Response in Cirrhotic Patients with Culture Negative Neutrocytic Ascites

Lymphocyte to Monocyte Ratio and C-Reactive Protein Combination as the Best Simple Predictor of Treatment Response in Cirrhotic Patients with Culture Negative Neutrocytic Ascites

Sezgin Barutcu, Abdullah Emre Yildirim, Ahmet Sahin, Murat Taner Gulsen

Sayfa
77–83
DOI
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Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the most ideal inflammatory markers for treatment response and to determine a cutoff value that could predict response to treatment for culture negative neutrocytic ascite (CNNA) patients. Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional case-controlled study. Patients with CNNA were evaluated by taking ascites fluid sampling at the beginning and on the 5th day of treatment. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), and neutrophil-to-monocyte ratio were calculated. Results: Of the 123 cases with cirrhotic ascites disease, 59 were CCNA and 64 were the control group without ascite-fluid infection. There were statistically significant differences for blood monocyte count, NLR (p