Serum albumin levels correlate with inflammation rather than nutrition supply in burns patients: A retrospective study

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 361-368

  Ishida, Soshi ^a   Hashimoto, Ichiro ^a   Seike, Takuya ^a   Abe, Yoshiro ^a   Nakaya, Yutaka ^a   Nakanishi, Hideki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burn injury; C reactive protein; Inflammation; Nutritional status; Serum albumin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BURN PATIENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; BLOOD; BURN; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; BURNS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84907512138     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: 13496867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.61.361     Document Type: Article

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