Correlation between lung injury score and serum albumin levels in patients at risk for developing acute lung injury

This is a prospective observational study of 100 consecutive patients who were at risk for developing acute lung injury and were admitted into the surgical intensive care unit. We found a highly significant correlation between an increase in serum albumin levels and a fall in lung injury score and v...

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Published in:Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Los Angeles County, Calif.), 2000-02, Vol.16 (2), p.91-94
Main Authors: Maskara, Sanjeev, Sen, Nagamani, Raj, John Prakash, Korah, Ipeson, Antonisamy, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acute lung injury (ALI)
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Critical Care
Emergency and intensive postoperative care (general aspects). Pathophysiology of surgery
Female
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Lung Diseases - blood
Lung Diseases - etiology
lung injury score (LIS)
Male
Medical sciences
Prospective Studies
Respiration, Artificial
Risk Factors
serum albumin (SA)
Serum Albumin - analysis
simplified acute physiology score (SAPS)
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Summary:This is a prospective observational study of 100 consecutive patients who were at risk for developing acute lung injury and were admitted into the surgical intensive care unit. We found a highly significant correlation between an increase in serum albumin levels and a fall in lung injury score and vice versa ( r = −0.51, P = 0.000). A highly significant association was also found between mortality, fall in serum albumin levels, rise in lung injury score, and a higher simplified acute physiology score at admission ( P = 0.000).
ISSN:0899-9007
1873-1244
DOI:10.1016/S0899-9007(99)00247-6