A comparison of the predictive validity of the combination of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and other risk scoring systems for intravenous immunoglobulin (ivig)-resistance in Kawasaki disease - Takeshita, Seiichiro; Kanai, Takashi; Kawamura, Yoichi; Yoshida, Yusuke; Nonoyama, Shigeaki (PloS one, 2017)
Keywords: Acute phase proteins; Acute phase substances; Age; Alanine; Alanine transaminase; Albumin; Analysis; Antagonists; Arches; Aspartate aminotransferase; Aspirin; Bacteria; Bilirubin; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomarkers; Blood; Blood Cell Count - methods; Blood cells; Blood Platelets; Bone marrow; Bone marrow transplantation; C-reactive protein; Cancer; Care and treatment; Children; Computer programs; Coronary vessels; Defensive behavior; Development and progression; Diagnosis; Drug Resistance; Female; Fever; Health aspects; Health risks; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Illnesses; Immunoglobulins; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use; Immunologic Factors - therapeutic use; Immunology; Incidence; Indicators; Infant; Infections; Inflammation; Influence; Interferon; Interleukin 1; Kawasaki disease; Kawasaki syndrome; Laboratories; Lesions; Lymphocytes; Male; Mathematical analysis; Medical diagnosis; Medical prognosis; Medicine and Health Sciences; Monoclonal antibodies; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - blood; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - diagnosis; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - drug therapy; Neutrophils; Nursing; Odds Ratio; Patient outcomes; Pediatrics; Platelets; Prognosis; Proteins; Ratios; Retrospective Studies; Risk; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; Statistical analysis; Surgical implants; Treatment Outcome; Validity; Vasculitis; Veins & arteries; Viruses; Japan