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Serum albumin level on admission as a predictor of death, length of stay, and readmission |
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Published in | Archives of internal medicine. 1992, vol. 152, no. 1, p. 125-130 | |
Abstract | We studied the serum albumin level within 48 hours of hospitalization for acute illness to predict in-hospital death, length of stay, and readmission in 15,511 patients older than 40 years. Patients with low serum albumin levels (less than 34 g/L), who made up 21% of the population, were more likely to die, had longer hospital stays, and were readmitted sooner and more frequently than patients with normal albumin levels. The in-hospital mortality was 14% among patients with low albumin levels, as compared with 4% among patients with normal levels. Although the serum albumin level was a nonspecific marker, it was a stronger predictor of death, length of stay, and readmission than age. We conclude that the serum albumin level on admission is an important variable that should be incorporated in severity-of-illness measures based on physiologic indexes. | |
Keywords | Adult — Aged — Aged, 80 and over — Biological Markers/chemistry — Boston/epidemiology — Female — Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over — *Hospital Mortality — Human — Length of Stay/*statistics & numerical data — Male — Middle Aged — Multivariate Analysis — *Patient Readmission — Predictive Value of Tests — Regression Analysis — Retrospective Studies — Serum Albumin/*analysis — Severity of Illness Index — Support, Non-U.S. Gov't — Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. | |
Identifiers | PMID: 1728907 | |
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Citation (ISO format) | HERRMANN, François et al. Serum albumin level on admission as a predictor of death, length of stay, and readmission. In: Archives of internal medicine, 1992, vol. 152, n° 1, p. 125-130. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:28121 |