Open AccessPrognostic Value of Blood Urea Nitrogen to Serum Albumin Ratio in Intensive Care Unit Patients with Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Xiulan Peng,
Yali Huang,
Haifeng Fu,
Zhang Zhi,
Anbing He,
Rong Luo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s337822
Subject(s) - medicine , propensity score matching , intensive care unit , hazard ratio , lung cancer , blood urea nitrogen , proportional hazards model , confounding , confidence interval , creatinine
We aimed to evaluate the prognostic ability of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) to serum albumin ratio (BAR) to predict in-hospital mortality in patients with lung cancer in the intensive care unit (ICU).