Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio may be a useful marker of mortality in septic patients with liver cirrhosis

1. In septic patients with liver cirrhosis, the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR) ratio was positively correlated with all-cause mortality. Evidence Rating Level: 1 (Good) Sepsis-related mortality among patients with liver cirrhosis is much greater than in patients without liver cirrhosis. NLR has been previously shown to be a reliable predictor of mortality in other inflammation-related diseases such […]