Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a predictive marker for postoperative infectious complications: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Postoperative infection is a common but costly complication. The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio is a promising marker for the identification of postsurgical infectious events. We aimed to perform this meta-analysis to assessed the accuracy of the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio for the prediction of postsurgical infection.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library without language restriction from their inceptions to April 2022, and checked reference lists of included studies. Studies were included if they assessed predictive accuracy of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio for postsurgical infection. We estimated its predictive value and explored the source of heterogeneity. The Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 (QUADAS-2) tool was

SUBMITTER: Qian B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163603 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature