ArticlePneumonia (Nathan Qld.)2024
Relationships between human serum albumin levels and septic shock, in-hospital, and out-of-hospital mortality in elderly patients with pneumonia in different BMI ranges.
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- Lactate Dehydrogenase to Albumin Ratio as a Predictor of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Patients Aged 60 years and Above: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Article
- Frequency and Predictors of Pneumonia After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG): A Single-Center Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Clinical characteristics and risk factors of hospital mortality in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis retrospective cohort identified the association of human serum albumin (HSA) with adverse outcomes (septic shock, in-hospital and out-of-hospital mortality) in elderly hospitalized patients who have community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and specific body mass index (BMI). MATERIALS AND
methodsThis research included hospitalized CAP individuals (≥ 60 years) and was conducted at a teaching hospital in western China. All the patients were categorized into three populations based on two BMI cutoff values (18.5 kg/m
resultsA total of 627 patients were included in the analysis of in-hospital death and septic shock, and 431 patients were included in the analysis of out-of-hospital death. The study showed that 120 elderly patients with CAP (19.14%) died in the hospital, while 141 patients (32.71%) died out of the hospital, and 93 patients (14.83%) developed septic shock. No differences in in-hospital and out-of-hospital mortality were observed for BMI values < 18.5 kg/m
conclusionsHSA levels can predict the risk of in-hospital and out-of-hospital mortality in elderly patients with CAP and normal BMI values. However, HSA cannot predict the risk of septic shock in elderly patients hospitalized with CAP, irrespective of their BMI classification.
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