ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Red Cell Distribution Width as a Prognostic Factor and Its Comparison with Lactate in Patients with Sepsis.
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- Diagnostic value of RDW for the prediction of mortality in adult sepsis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- Comparative Diagnostic Performance of RDW-to-Albumin and CRP-to-Albumin Ratios in Neonatal Sepsis: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association between red cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio and sepsis-associated acute kidney injury.BMC nephrology · 2026Article
- The prognostic value of red cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio for 28-day mortality in sepsis patients: a multicenter analysis based on the eICU Collaborative Research Database.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Assessment of hemoglobin-to-red cell distribution width ratio to predict all-cause mortality in patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study from the MIMIC-IV database.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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- Red cell distribution width to albumin ratio predicts short-term mortality in urosepsis: a dual-cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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- A machine learning model for robust prediction of sepsis-induced coagulopathy in critically ill patients with sepsis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
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- Red blood cell distribution width to albumin ratio as a predictor of mortality in ICU patients with community acquired bacteremia.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- Interpretable machine learning model for early prediction of 28-day mortality in ICU patients with sepsis-induced coagulopathy: development and validation.European journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Value of RDW-Albumin Ratio for the Prediction of Mortality in Sepsis Associated Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of inflammation research · 2024Article
- Association between Red Cell Distribution Width and Outcomes of Nonagenarians Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit-A Retrospective Cohort Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A novel clinical prediction model of severity based on red cell distribution width, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and intra-abdominal pressure in acute pancreatitis in pregnancy.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Baseline red blood cell distribution width and perforin, dynamic levels of interleukin 6 and lactate are predictors of mortality in patients with sepsis.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2023Article
- Biomarkers of Sepsis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Red blood cell distribution width at admission predicts outcome in critically ill patients with kidney failure: a retrospective cohort study based on the MIMIC-IV database.Renal failure · 2022Article
- NLR, MLR, PLR and RDW to predict outcome and differentiate between viral and bacterial pneumonia in the intensive care unit.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Sepsis remains the leading cause of death in critically ill patients. Thus, regular measurement of lactate levels has been proposed in sepsis guidelines. Elevated red cell distribution width (RDW) is associated with mortality risk in patients with sepsis. This study aimed to investigate the association between RDW and the risk of other adverse outcomes in patients with sepsis and to compare the mortality discriminative ability between lactate and RDW levels. This is a single-centered, retrospective, case-control study that included 504 adult patients with sepsis in the emergency department between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020. Eligible patients were divided into normal (RDW ≤ 14.5%) and high (RDW > 14.5%) groups. The baseline characteristics and adverse outcomes were recorded and compared. Compared with the normal RDW group, the patients in the high RDW group had a significantly higher rate of ICU admission (48.8% vs. 32.4%,
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