Prognostic nutritional index predicts mortality in infective endocarditis


Kahraman S., Agus H. Z., Kalkan A. K., Uzun F., Erturk M., Kalkan M. E., ...More

TURK KARDIYOLOJI DERNEGI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.48, no.4, pp.392-402, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Objective: The prognostic nutritional index (PNI), based on serum albumin and lymphocyte concentration, is an inflammation-based nutritional score that has been shown to be a prognostic determinant in several populations. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of PNI on mortality in patients with infective endocarditis (IE).