Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third driving reason for
death around the world and a real number of patients suffers from disease exacerbation …

Objective Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is the
most common cause of hospitalization and death among COPD patients. Clinicians are …

Background and objectives Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(AECOPD) is one of the leading causes of hospitalization and is associated with …

COPD is characterized by a pulmonary and systemic inflammatory process. Several authors
have reported the elevation of multiple inflammatory markers in patients with COPD; …

Objective Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by
systemic inflammation, the association between the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR; an …

Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are a leading
cause of hospitalisation and death in COPD patients. In addition to the identification of better …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common chronic inflammatory disease
of the lung with a high mortality and morbidity rate. Some of the inflammatory markers such …

Methods: NLR was prospectively measured and compared in patients with COPD
exacerbation (n= 59), patients with stable COPD (n= 61), and healthy controls (n= 28). NLR …

Background Mean platelet volume (MPV), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-
to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) have all been investigated as novel inflammatory markers of …

Background Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) have
high mortality and health care costs. The platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) is a marker of …