Comparison of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio for the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Lixia Bai (Author), Peihui Gong (Author), Xiaoyun Jia (Author), Xinhua Zhang (Author), Xiuhui Li (Author), Yueqin Zhang (Author), Hao Zhou (Author), Yanan Kang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Purpose To compare the performance of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) with that of Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR) in diagnosing neonatal sepsis (NS). Methods PubMed and Embase were searched for relevant studies from the inception of the databases to May, 2022. The pooled sensitivit...