An assessment on the systemic immune-inflammatory index in children with Bell’s Palsy
Kuwait Medical Journal, cilt.57, sa.3, ss.156-161, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 57 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Dergi Adı: Kuwait Medical Journal
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.156-161
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Bell’s palsy, children, CRP-albumin ratio, hematologic parameters, systemic immune-inflammatory index
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objective: This study aims to assess systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII) in children with Bell’s Palsy (BP). Design: This was a retrospective study. Setting: Department of ear-nose-throat and pediatrics clinics, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey Subjects: Between January 2016 and August 2020, 66 patients with BP and 60 healthy children were included in the study. Intervention: Clinical and laboratory parameters Main outcome measures: Hematologic parameters, C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, neutrophil-lymphocyte (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte, CRP-albumin ratio and SII were assessed. Results: 68.2% of the children with BP were female. Their median age was 12.0 (4.0) years. Their distribution according to the House Brackmann (HB) grading system was as follows: grade 2 (16.7%), grade 3 (48.5%), grade 4 (27.3%) and grade 5 (7.6%). The BP group’s white blood cell (WBC, P<0.001), neutrophil (P<0.001), CRP (P<0.001), NLR (P=0.049) and SII (P=0.043) values were statistically significantly higher than the control group. Conclusions: The BP group exhibited high CRP, WBC, neutrophil, NLR and SII values; therefore supporting the hypothesis that they have inflammatory etiopathogenesis. There was no significant correlation between their SII and pre-treatment HB grade.