Open AccessLow Serum Albumin Predicts Severe Outcomes in COVID-19 Infection: A Single-Center Retrospective Case-Control Study
Author(s) -
Roshan Acharya,
Dilli Ram Poudel,
Riley Bowers,
Aakash Patel,
Evan Schultz,
Michaël Bourgeois,
Rishi Paswan,
Scott Stockholm,
Macelyn Batten,
Smita Kafle,
Kriti Lonial,
Irlene Locklear
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical medicine research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-3011
pISSN - 1918-3003
DOI - 10.14740/jocmr4507
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , intensive care unit , ards , acute kidney injury , odds ratio , albumin , renal replacement therapy , lung
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can cause serious complications such as multiorgan failure and death which are difficult to predict. We conducted this retrospective case-control observational study with the hypothesis that low serum albumin at presentation can predict serious outcomes in COVID-19 infection.