Diagnostic significance of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy: a meta-analysis
Erfan Kashani, Shima Nourigheimasi, Jeff Valisno, Isaac Smith, Brandon Lucke-Wold, Hanieh Bazrafshan, Arshin Ghaedi, Amir Mohammad Eghbalnejad Mofrad, Shokoufeh Khanzadeh · 2024
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Erfan Kashani and eight colleagues published a combined analysis in two thousand twenty-four on a blood ratio and a sudden eye stroke. The condition, called NAION, cuts blood flow to the optic nerve without artery inflammation. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is a cheap inflammation marker from a routine blood count.
The team pooled six studies comparing patients with healthy controls. Patients' ratios ran clearly higher on average. The marker's accuracy was modest: it caught about seven in ten cases while clearing about six in ten healthy people. The authors suggest the ratio may help flag the condition and hints that inflammation plays a part. They stop short of calling it a stand-alone test.
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| CREATOR | Erfan Kashani, Shima Nourigheimasi, Jeff Valisno, Isaac Smith, Brandon Lucke-Wold, Hanieh Bazrafshan, Arshin Ghaedi, Amir Mohammad Eghbalnejad Mofrad, Shokoufeh Khanzadeh |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |