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Abstract
The complete blood count has a longstanding role in the diagnosis of septic shock. Despite its limitations, this is a pragmatic tool because patients will generally have a blood count measured upon presentation to the hospital. Therefore, it is sensible to extract as much information from these values as possible. Although the white blood cell count continues to attract the most attention, it is the least useful. Emerging evidence suggests that emphasis should be shifted to the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and perhaps the fraction of immune granulocytes. 2020 Journal of Thoracic Disease. All rights reserved.Entities:
Keywords: Shock, septic; leukocytosis; lymphopenia; neutrophils; thrombocytopenia
Year: 2020 PMID: 32148922 PMCID: PMC7024748 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.12.63
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Thorac Dis ISSN: 2072-1439 Impact factor: 2.895