Predictive Value of White Blood Cell Counts for Infection in Patients With Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Rational Use of Antibiotics: A Cross‐Sectional Study
We discourage the use of leukocytosis, per se, as a marker of infection in the setting of DKA. We found the absence of leukocytosis or leukopenia of high predictive value in exclusion of the possibility of infectious disease in DKA cases.
Authors
- Parvaneh Ebrahimi Alavijeh
- Morteza Daraei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-4675)
- Marjan Sohrabi
- Arezoo Salami Khaneshan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8349-9625)
- Sara Ghaderkhani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7604-151X)
- Parisa Mohammad Aghaei
- Shirin Esmaeili
- Malihe Hasannezhad
Institutions
- Imam Khomeini Hospital (IR)
- Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research (IR)
- Iranian Center for Quantum Technologies (IR)
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Science Reports
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.71850
- Primary Topic
- Diabetes and associated disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00