Sepsis is a rapidly progressive, life-threatening disease. Accurate and expeditious assessment of sepsis is important for early administration of antibiotics and removal of the source of infection.~In the 2016 version of the sepsis guidelines (Sepsis-3), the concept of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome has been deleted.~Although most patients with sepsis receive intensive management, such as early goal directed therapy (EGDT), in an emergency department (ED), the mortality rate of sepsis has been reported to be greater than 20% to 30%.~Many clinicians have studied the usefulness of blood biomarkers such as C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and lactate for early assessment of sepsis and for prognostication, in order to initiate timeous treatment and to prevent rapid progression to multi-organ failure.~Several studies mentioned the advantages of the precursor molecule of calcitonin, namely procalcitonin as a biomarker for sepsis.~In recent years, studies have reported that platelets and lymphocytes play critical roles in the inflammatory process. Therefore, the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) a novel inflammatory factor has received research attention recently, as it may act as an indicator of inflammation, in a wide spectrum of diseases, such as myocardial infarction,acute kidney injury (AKI), Based on the findings of previous studies, it is reasonable to speculate the presence of a potential relationship between PLR and mortality for sepsis.~Platelet to lymphocytes ratio is defined as the ratio of the absolute platelet count and absolute lymphocyte count.
The aim of this study is to compare effectiveness of platelets to lymphocytes ratio (PLR) with procalcitonin as a predictor of sepsis outcome.