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- Figure 1
- Comparison of red cell distribution width (RDW) in patients with acute pulmonary embolism based on the survival and mortality.
- Figure 2
- Comparison of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in patients with acute pulmonary embolism based on the survival and mortality.
- Figure 3
- Receiver operating characteristic curve illustrating the area under the curve sensitivity and specificity of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and red cell distribution width (RDW) for predicting mortality.
Tables
Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria Age 18 years or older Sepsis (based on the results of the blood cultures) Diagnosis by CTPA Chronic inflammatory diseases Availability of all required data Malignancy Active use of immunosuppressive Previous PE history End-stage renal disease Pregnancy COVID-19 History of hematological diseases CTPA: computed tomography pulmonary angiogram,
PE: pulmonary embolism, COVID-19: coronavirus disease-19
Variables Non-survivors (n=8) Survivors (n=154) P-values Age (years) 64±22 60±19 0.576 Weight (kg) 71.3±23.3 86.9±28.1 0.124 Height (cm) 164±9 157±23 0.331 Neutrophil count, absolute (109/L) 11.45±6.12 6.73±6.62 0.050 Lymphocyte count, absolute (109/L) 1.17±0.45 2.0±0.85 0.007 NLR 10.5±6.2 3.9±3.0 <0.001 Platelets (109/L) 154±112 281±117 0.003 PLR 141.0±73.23 166.9±101.7 0.479 HGB (g/dL) 10.7±2.5 13.2±7.0 0.317 RDW (%) 17.82±3.54 14.97±3.02 0.011 Troponin I level (ng\ml) 1.35±1.98 0.46±1.34 0.076 D-dimer (µg/mL) 6.07±2.97 9.70±0.32 0.727 Gender Female 4 (4.5) 84 (95.5) 0.801 Male 4 (5.4) 70 (94.6) PE location (by CT angio) Lobar 0 (0.0) 69 (100) <0.001 Saddle 8 (25.8) 23 (74.2) Segmental 0 (0.0) 56 (100) Subsegmental (SSPE) 0 (0.0) 6 (100) sPESI High 8 (9.9) 73 (90.1) 0.004 Low 0 (0.0) 81 (100) Chronic diseases Yes 1(3.4) 28 (96.6) 0.683 No 7 (5.3) 126 (94.7) Pulmonary embolism severity Low risk 0 (0.0) 95 (100) 0.001 Sub-massive 1 (1.7) 58 (98.3) Massive 7 (87.5) 1 (12.5) Values are presented as numbers and precentages (%) or mean ± standard deviation (SD).
NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, PLR: platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, RDW: red cell distribution width, CT angio: computed tomography angiography, HGB: hemoglobin, SSPE: subsegmental pulmonary embolism, PE: pulmonary embolism, sPESI: simplified pulmonary embolism severity index
- Table 3
- Distribution of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and red cell distribution width according to the severity of pulmonary embolism.
Parameters Low risk PE (n=95) Sub-massive PE (n=59) Massive PE (n=8) P-values NLR 3.4±2.3 4.7±3.8 10.6±6.1 <0.001 PLR 174.94±99.70 153.83±104.24 143.03±75.65 0.365 RDW 14.97±3.18 15.00±2.80 17.55±3.50 0.042 Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD). NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, PLR: platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, RDW: red cell distribution width, PE: pulmonary embolism
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