Open Access<p>Prognostic Value of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Death Risk in Patients with Severe Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease</p>
Author(s) -
Yaping Li,
MuQi Wang,
Wenjun Wang,
Dandan Feng,
Huiling Deng,
Yufeng Zhang,
Shuangsuo Dang,
Shumei Zhai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
therapeutics and clinical risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1178-203X
pISSN - 1176-6336
DOI - 10.2147/tcrm.s268130
Subject(s) - medicine , neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio , youden's j statistic , logistic regression , risk of mortality , outbreak , confidence interval , disease , lymphocyte , gastroenterology , receiver operating characteristic , pathology
Severe hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) may lead to serious complications, which cause child mortality during outbreaks. The aim of this study was to determine whether neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) can predict death risk in severe HFMD.