Association between red blood cell distribution width and encephalitis based on the pediatric intensive care unit database: a cross-sectional study
Our study indicated that higher RDW independently associated with reduced encephalitis prevalence in critically ill Chinese children. Validation through multicenter prospective studies is warranted to establish RDW's clinical utility.
Authors
- Qilin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5435-8839)
- Xinyu Yang
- Ruoyu Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3150-7213)
- Xiaojuan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2435-5837)
- Xujie Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5718-4037)
- Rui Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2732-1181)
- Shanshan Tong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6582-7146)
- Weichao He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0632-4490)
Institutions
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
- Cangzhou Central Hospital (CN)
- Yancheng Central Blood Station (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Neurology
- Published
- 2025-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2025.1562921
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Zhejiang University
- General Hospital of People’s Liberation Army