Is the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio a potential diagnostic marker for peptic ulcer perforation? A retrospective cohort study

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 403-406

  Tanrikulu, Yusuf ^a   Sen Tanrikulu, Ceren ^b   Sabuncuoglu, Mehmet Zafer ^c   Kokturk, Furuzan ^b   Temi, Volkan ^a   Bicakci, Ercan ^a  

^a Zonguldak Ataturk State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RATE; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULCER PERFORATION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; PEPTIC ULCER PERFORATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIC ULCER PERFORATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84948845323     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.11.009     Document Type: Article

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