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AbstractBackgroundHypoalbuminemia at the initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is a risk factor for poor patient outcomes. However, it is unknown whether the patterns of changes in serum albumin levels during CRRT can be used to predict patient outcomes.MethodsThis retrospective study analyzed data that had been consecutively collected from January 2016 to December 2020 at the Third Affiliated Hospital. We included patients with acute kidney injury who received CRRT for ≥ 72 h. We divided the patients into four groups based on their serum albumin levels (albumin ≥ 3.0 g/dL or < 3.0 g/dL) at the initiation and termination of CRRT.ResultsThe 793 patients in this study were categorized into the following albumin groups: persistently low, 299 patients (37.7%); increasing, 85 patients (10.4%); decreasing, 195 patients (24.6%); and persistently high, 214 patients (27.1%). In-hospital mortality rates were highest in the persistently low and decreasing groups, followed by the increasing and persistently high groups. The hazard ratio for in-hospital mortality was 0.481 (0.340–0.680) in the increasing group compared to the persistently low group; it was 1.911 (1.394–2.620) in the decreasing group compared to the persistently high group. The length of ICU stay was 3.55 days longer in the persistently low group than in the persistently high group.ConclusionsSerum albumin levels changed during CRRT, and monitoring of patterns of change in serum albumin levels is useful for predicting in-hospital mortality and the length of ICU stay.
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Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
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