The role of ischemia-modified albumin, presepsin, delta neutrophil index, and inflammatory markers in diagnosing acute cholecystitis.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to determine the significance of markers such as C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, complete blood count parameters, delta neutrophil index, ischemia-modified albumin, presepsin, and oxidative stress indicators, which are associated with inflammation, oxidative stress, and ischemia in the pathology and diagnosis of acute cholecystitis in adults. METHODS Patients diagnosed with acute cholecystitis in the emergency department and healthy individuals in the control group were included in the study. Routine blood count and biochemistry analyses were performed on the participants. Blood serum was used to measure ischemia-modified albumin, presepsin, and oxidative stress indicators. RESULTS White blood cell count, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, delta neutrophil index, C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, ischemia-modified albumin, ischemia-modified albumin to albumin ratio, presepsin, and oxidative stress indicators were significantly higher in patients with cholecystitis compared to the control group. Measurements of white blood cell count, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and delta neutrophil index can be included as part of the complete blood count. The complete blood count parameters are readily available and do not incur additional costs to the healthcare system. CONCLUSION The authors believe that the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, delta neutrophil index, ischemia-modified albumin, ischemia-modified albumin to albumin ratio, and presepsin values can be used as new markers in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis due to their high sensitivity, specificity, and low negative likelihood ratio.