Admission Total Leukocyte Count as a Predictor of Mortality in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Patients.

Journal: JACC. Advances
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Inflammation is a sequela of cardiovascular critical illness and a risk factor for mortality.

Authors

  • Ryan J Smith
    Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  • Dhruv Sarma
    Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  • Mitchell R Padkins
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  • Ognjen Gajic
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  • Patrick R Lawler
    Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Sean Van Diepen
    Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta.
  • Kianoush B Kashani
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  • Jacob C Jentzer
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

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