To Predict the Clinical Significance of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

A total of 120 prescriptions were enrolled in the present study that met the inclusion criteria.96% were males and 04% were females.33% of the patients were in the age group of 61-70 with a mean average of 24 ± 15.5.Of which 75% were found to be from rural areas and 25% from urban areas.The most common cause of COPD is smoking out of which 86% were males and 60% were female smokers among the studied population.The most common comorbidities with AECOPD which are seen in the study are pure COPD (56%), HTN (24%), DM (7%), and HTN +DM (13%).Maximum patients with a history of COPD from 1-2 years were found to be 50%.Based on mMRC grading, a maximum of 52% patients were found to be on grade 3. 78% of patients were found to be with a maximum percentage on an NLR range of 1-10.The data in the present study is assessed by using chi-square to determine the relationship between the variable NLR and both genders, results were found to be significant at p < 0.05, out of which males were shown to have a higher prevalence of NLR value when compared to females.Our study found that patients with acute exacerbated COPD had elevated NLR levels.Our results suggest that worsened COPD patients have a low-grade persistent systemic inflammation that can be utilized to determine inflammation.