BACKGROUND Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) have been reported to reflect the inflammatory response and disease activity in a variety of autoimmune diseases. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the value of PLR and NLR as markers to monitor disease activity in Takayasu's arteritis (TAK). METHODS A retrospective case-control study involving 88 p...

A large number of studies have investigated the prognostic value of the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in patients diagnosed with urothelial carcinoma, but the evidence from these papers is conflicting. This systematic review and meta-analysis was carried out to assess the role of PLR in urothelial carcinoma patients. After a systematic search of the PubMed, Embase, Web of science databases...

OBJECTIVE Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cause of tumor-related deaths worldwide. Previous studies have shown that increased systemic inflammation and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are associated with poor prognosis of various cancers. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of pretreatment PLR on survival in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-relat...

Purpose The prognostic role of inflammation index like platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in esophageal cancer remains controversial. We evaluated the prognostic significance of PLR in esophageal cancer patients. Methods We searched databases to identify relevant literatures. Pooled hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. A meta-analysis was performed to evalua...

The general communication tree embedding problem is the problem of mapping a set of communicating terminals, represented by a graph G, into the set of vertices of some physical network represented by a tree T . In the case where the vertices of G are mapped into the leaves of the host tree T the underlying tree is called a routing tree and if the internal vertices of T are forced to have degree...

SETTING For now, hematological markers of inflammatory response have emerged as prognostic factors for patients with cancer. Many articles have confirm that neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio(NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are relate with poor prognosis in various types of tumors. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between NLR/PLR and progression free survival (PFS), overall survi...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to assess how mean systemic pressure (Psm) and resistance to venous return (Rvr) behave during passive leg raising (PLR) in cases of fluid responsiveness and fluid unresponsiveness. METHOD In 30 patients with an acute circulatory failure, in order to estimate the venous return curve, we constructed the regression line between pairs of cardiac index (CI) ...

INTRODUCTION Recently, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) has emerged as a significant inflammatory marker and a novel predictor of major adverse consequences in cardiovascular disease. AIM In this study, we aimed to explore the relationship between PLR and coronary collateral circulation (CCC) in patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). MATERIAL AND METHODS Clinical a...