Pre-operative serum albumin concentration as a predictor of mortality and morbidity following cardiac surgery

Perfusion (United Kingdom)

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 390-394

  Koertzen, M ^a   Punjabi, P P ^a   Lockwood, G G ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

albumin; cardiac surgery; outcome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ALBUMIN; CARDIAC SURGERY; OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882993882     PISSN: 02676591     EISSN: 1477111X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267659113488990     Document Type: Review

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