How infection affects the relationship between leukocyte count and mortality risk in intensive care
Deirdre M. Horan, Tess Evans, Michael Bailey, Edward Litton, Manoj K. Saxena, David V. Pilcher · 2026
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Deirdre Horan and co-authors read white cell counts and death risk in intensive care in a 2026 study. The count sits in most fate scores for the gravely ill. Their hunch: a high count means one thing with infection and an other without. A two-land registry gave over two million stays from 212 units, 2010 to 2023. Models weighed peak early counts by cause group.
Sans infection, death odds climbed as counts rose past the normal band, up to a top at high counts. With infection, high counts moved death odds not at all. Low counts warned in both groups, even in the normal range. The authors say cause flips the count's tale. Fate scores should read the count with the cause in hand.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Deirdre M. Horan, Tess Evans, Michael Bailey, Edward Litton, Manoj K. Saxena, David V. Pilcher |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |