Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Elderly patients are at an increased risk of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) which increases the risk of morbidity/mortality. We evaluated the association between hypoalbuminemia at the time of emergency department (ED) admission and in-hospital complications among geriatric trauma patients. METHODS:This was an ambidirectional cohort study of geriatric (≥55 years) trauma patients treated at a Level I trauma center between May 2013 and March 2014. The exposure of interest was albumin level at ED admission (<3.6 g/dL [PEM] or ≥3.6 g/dL (No PEM)]. The outcome of interest was 30-day incidence of complications. RESULTS:A total of 130 patients met study eligibility. Of these, 85 (65%) patients were in the PEM group. After adjusting for tube feeding and injury severity score, PEM at admission was associated with a 2-fold increase in the risk of 30-day overall hospital complications (hazard ratio 2.1, 95% confidence interval 1.1 to 3.8). CONCLUSION:Serum albumin level at ED admission, but not prealbumin level, is a significant predictor of in-hospital complications in geriatric trauma patients.
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Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Garwe T,Albrecht RM,Stoner JA,Mitchell S,Motghare Pdoi
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.06.013subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-07-01 00:00:00pages
109-15issue
1eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002-9610(15)00425-0journal_volume
212pub_type
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