Key result
NLR and PLR fail to predict 30-day or 1-year mortality in geriatric patients with abdominal pain.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to evaluate the prognostic value of systemic inflammatory parameters, particularly neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, in geriatric patients presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain.
Do systemic inflammatory parameters (NLR and PLR) predict 30-day and 365-day mortality in geriatric patients admitted to the emergency department with abdominal pain?
Cohort (n=688)
No
Do systemic inflammatory parameters (NLR and PLR) predict 30-day and 365-day mortality in geriatric patients admitted to the emergency department with abdominal pain?
p-value: p=>0.05
Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-lymphocyte ratio do not have clinical utility as prognostic markers for 30-day and 365-day mortality in geriatric patients presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain.
NLR and PLR should not guide mortality risk assessment in geriatric ED abdominal pain; leaves open identification of alternative prognostic markers.
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Öncül et al. (2019) conducted a cohort in Abdominal pain (n=688). Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) was evaluated on 30-day and 365-day mortality (p=>0.05). Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios were not significant prognostic markers for 30-day or 365-day mortality in geriatric patients with abdominal pain (p>0.05).
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