Abstract
The relationship between inflammation and mortality after acute pulmonary embolism (APE) has previously been investigated with different variables (platelet/lymphocyte ratio, etc). We investigated the predictive value of lymphocyte to monocyte ratio (LMR) for mortality in first 30 days after APE. The study population included 264 APE patients of which 230 patients were survivors, 34 patients were non-survivors. LMR was significantly lower in non-survivors after APE (P < .001). Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) was higher in non-survivors after APE (P < .001). Platelet-to-lymphocyte (PLR) had no significance between both groups (P: .241). Simplified pulmonary embolism severity index and LMR were independent predictors of mortality in patients with APE (P: .008 and P: .001, respectively). LMR as a novel marker of inflammation seemed to be an independent predictor of short-term mortality in patients with APE.
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