2003•Korean Journal of AnesthesiologyOpen access

The Value of the Total Lymphocyte Count as a Risk Index of Hospital Infection in Critically Ill Patients

Chul Ho Chang, Chang Gyoo Byun, Man Woo Lee, Joo Young Jeong, Cheung Soo Shin

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= Abstract = Background: Lymphocytopenia is a common finding in critically ill patients while lymphocyte depletion in critically ill patients is presumed to have little clinical significance. However a total lymphocyte count has been reported to provide prognostic inform ation in surgical patients. T he aim of this study was to evaluate the association of a total lymphocyte count (TLC with a prognostic criterion in critically ill patients. Methods: The patients were divided into three groups according to their T LC on admission to intensive care unit (ICU (Group 1: TLC ＞ 1.0 × 10 9 /L Group 2: 0.7 × 10 9 /L ＜ TLC ＜ 1.0 ×

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Key concepts: Critically ill, Medicine, Lymphocyte, Value (mathematics), Index (typography), Intensive care medicine, Critical illness, Internal medicine