ArticleCritical care research and practice2021
Correlation of Serum Albumin Level to Lung Ultrasound Score and Its Role as Predictors of Outcome in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Patients: A Prospective Observational Study.
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- Association between lung ultrasound score and risk of mortality among acute respiratory distress syndrome patients: a meta-analysis.Biomarkers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Lung ultrasound score and in-hospital mortality of adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a meta-analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Mechanistic Insights into Pulmonary Surfactant Inactivation.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026Article
- Development and validation of a predictive model for postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with type A aortic dissection based on the 2023 updated definition.Respiratory research · 2025Article
- Prognostic significance of lactate/albumin ratio in respiratory failure and sepsis.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Assessment of Extravascular Lung Water Using Lung Ultrasound in Critically Ill Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- Serum albumin and the short-term mortality in individuals with congestive heart failure in intensive care unit: an analysis of MIMIC.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is ambiguity in the literature regarding hypoalbuminemia as a cause of extravascular lung water and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) outcomes. The aim of the study was to determine if low serum albumin on admission leads to lung deaeration and higher lung ultrasound score (LUSS) in ARDS patients.
resultsThe mean and standard deviation of serum albumin level in mild, moderate, and severe ARDS was 2.92 ± 0.65 g/dL, 2.91 ± 0.77 g/dL, and 3.21 ± 0.85 g/dL, respectively. Albumin level was not correlated to the global LUSS (Pearson correlation
conclusionSerum albumin level was unrelated to LUSS on admission in ARDS patients. Albumin level <3.25 g/dL increased the chances of a prolonged length of ICU stay (≥10 days) but was not associated with an increase in mortality. LUSS on the day of admission could not predict either a prolonged length of ICU stay or mortality. This trial is registered with CTRI/2019/11/021857.
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