Birsen Öztürk Gökçe

Diagnostic performance of procalcitonin/lactate ratio (PLR) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in predicting bacterial infection across different severities of diabetic ketoacidosis

Abstract Background Diabetic ketoacidosis is frequently accompanied by systemic inflammatory responses that complicate the early identification of bacterial infection. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 158 adult patients admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis and evaluated the dia...