RELATIONSHIP OF HYPOALBMINEMIA WITH OUTCOME OF RHINO-ORBITO-CEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS (ROCM), A TERTIARY CARE CENTER BASED STUDY.

Mucormycosis is a serious but rare fungal infection caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes. The increasingincidence of Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis (ROCM), a form of Mucormycosis in the setting of COVID-19 in Indiaand elsewhere has become a matter of immediate concern. As far as outcome of ROCM is concerned, some patientsrespond only to phermacotherapeutic agents and short surgical procedures without any deformity, whereas somepatients need decapacitating surgeries like Orbital exenteration and/or Maxillectomy resulting in deformity, and somepatients may develop complications leading to death. Presence of hypoalbuminemia in patients with ROCM can exertpoor prognosis especially where surgical organ removal is indicated. The study was a hospital based prospective crosssectional study done on 33 ROCM patients to look for any relationship between two factors, hypoalbuminemia andoutcome of ROCM. And we found out that hypoalbuminemia independently can affect the outcome of the disease.