Objective: The objective of the study was to determine if acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with acute ischemic stroke was associated with the monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) assessed upon admission to the neurology intensive care unit (NICU) (AIS). We also looked into the MLR's function in predicting hospital mortality in AIS patients.
Methods: This retrospective analysis included 595 adult patients with AIS who were hospitalized to the NICU of the First Affiliated Hospital of South China between January 2017 and December 2019.