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Changes and relating factors to plasma albumin level among severely burn patients
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The aims of this study were to determine changes and related factors to serum albumin levels among severely adult burn patients. The result indicated that serum albumin level prolongs reduced at the hospital admission and at later times and was still lower than the normal range on the 21st day after burn. An insignificant relationship was recorded between albumin level and gender, age.
Serum albumin concentrations were significantly lower in the group of burns ≥ 60% TBSA from day 7 after burn, full-thickness burn area ≥ 20% TBSA (on admission and 14th-day afterburn), or inhalation injury (14th-day post-burn). Serum albumin levels were also significantly lower in patients developed complication or died at almost time points (p < 0.05). However, the correlation was only from week to moderate (-0.29 to - 0.47).
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Plasma albumin, adult burn, outcomes
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