Background and aim: This study sought to define the correlation between occurrence of the complication and certain blood parameters in high-risk surgical patients who were monitored for 24 hours in the intensive care unit (ICU) postoperatively.
Methods: This study included 257 patients who were followed up after elective surgeries for at least 48 hours in the ICU. The data of all patients were assessed in terms of their demographic characteristics, erythrocyte count (RBC), leukocyte count (WBC), platelet count (PLT), mean platelet volume (MPV), neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), blood urea nitrogen(BUN), and serum creatinine values retrospectively. Group A included cases with no complication occurrence in the first 24 hours postoperatively, while Group B comprised cases that occurred complications during the first 24 hours. These groups were compared in terms of their blood parameters of RBC, WBC, PLT, MPV, NLR, PLR, BUN, and creatinine.
Results: The preoperative and postoperative MPV values in Group B were higher than those of Group A. The postoperative MPV and PLR values in Groups A and B were significantly increased compared to the preoperative values. The preoperative and postoperative NLR values in Group B were higher than those of Group A.
Conclusion: In this study, the cases that occurred complications had more significant increases in their MPV, NLR, and PLR values during the postoperative period than their counterparts who experienced no complications.
Key words: Key world:intensive care, complication, mean platelet volume, platelet-lymphocyte ratio, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, ASA-3 cases
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