Evaluation of the relationship of hemogram parameters with prognosis in older adults with acute abdominal pathologies

Abstract

Aim: We aimed to investigate the effects of hemogram parameters on the short-term mortality of older adults with acute abdominal pathologies. Secondly, it was aimed to investigate the effect of hemogram parameters on mortality in operated and non-operated patients.
 Material and Method: This retrospective observational study was conducted in an emergency medicine clinic between June 1, 2019, and June 1, 2020. Data on patients over 65 years of age who presented to the emergency department with acute abdominal pathologies were analyzed. Hemogram parameters, as in our patient group over 65 years old, who presented with all acute abdomen pathologies; It was examined in terms of its relationship with prognosis in our operated and non-operated patient group. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS v. 26.0.
 Results: The study included a total of 744 patients, of whom 391(52.6%) were women. Mortality was seen in 114(15.32%) patients, and 83(11.2%) patients underwent surgery. AUC and cut off values are for leukocytes count 0.590 and 10.83 for neutrophils count 0.596 and 9.64 for neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio 0.606 and 8.24 to predict mortality (p=0.002, p=0.001, and p>0.001, respectively
 Conclusion: In this study, among the hemogram parameters; leukocytes, neutrophils and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio were determined to have a statistically significant ability to predict mortality in older adults both operaple and non operabl groups groups presenting with acute abdominal pathologies, but their accuracy rates were low.