Open AccessAlbumin Infusion May Improve the Prognosis of Critical COVID-19 Patients with Hypoalbuminemia in the Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Liren Zhang,
Weiping Yu,
Yuwu Zhao,
Xiaohua Chen,
Peng Wang,
Xiaohong Fan,
Zhouwei Xu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s383818
Subject(s) - hypoalbuminemia , medicine , albumin , intensive care unit , procalcitonin , serum albumin , retrospective cohort study , gastroenterology , sepsis
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused enormous mortality worldwide. Low albumin level is a risk factor for increasing mortality among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). This study investigated the effect of albumin infusion on critical COVID-19 patients with hypoalbuminemia.