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Sep 2026
Prognostic value of NLR, SII, PCT, and PLR in sepsis and septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The evidence is hypothesis-generating and should be interpreted with caution due to three major PROSPERO protocol deviations, moderate-to-high risk of bias, small sample sizes for PCT and SII, and substantial heterogeneity for PLR and exploratory NLR.
Xiang-Jie Wang, Kun Wang, Feng-Xia Zhao et al.
· Frontiers in Medicine · 0 citations