Hypoalbuminemia predicts intensive care need among adult inpatients with community acquired pneumonia: a cross sectional study | Zendy

Muhammad Adnan | Zendy; Naheed Hashmat | Zendy; Muhammad Latif | Zendy; Zahra Ali | Zendy; Tayyaba Rahat | Zendy

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Hypoalbuminemia predicts intensive care need among adult inpatients with community acquired pneumonia: a cross sectional study

Author(s) -

Muhammad Adnan,

Naheed Hashmat,

Muhammad Latif,

Zahra Ali,

Tayyaba Rahat

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.9971

Subject(s) - hypoalbuminemia , pneumonia , medicine , cross sectional study , community acquired pneumonia , intensive care , intensive care medicine , pathology

Various scales helped physicians to decide the site of care of pneumonia patients, but had certain limitations. Literature review suggested that serum albumin and B/A ratio predict the site of care but more evidences were required. Therefore, the study was aimed to evaluate the role of serum albumin and B/A ratio in the prediction of intensive care need among patients with community acquired pneumonia.

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