Prognostic nutritional index predicts mortality in infective endocarditis

• Main Authors: Serkan Kahraman (Author), Hicaz Zencirkıran Aguş (Author), Ali Kemal Kalkan (Author), Fatih Uzun (Author), Mehmet Ertürk (Author), Mehmet Emin Kalkan (Author), Mustafa Yıldız (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: The prognostic nutritional index (PNI), based on serum albumin and lymphocyte concentration, is an inflammation-based nutritional score that has been shown to be a prognostic determinant in several populations. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of PNI on mortality in pat...