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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Hypoalbuminaemia"”.
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High rates of undiagnosed hypoalbuminaemia in orthopaedic trauma patients at a rural hospital
Background: The deleterious effects of hypoalbuminaemia in the peri-operative period are well documented. We aimed to review serum albumin levels in a cohort of orthopaedic trauma patients to determine the prevalence of hypoalbuminaemia. Secondarily, we aimed to identify factors associated with an …
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Some factors regulating albumin catabolism and synthesis
Hypoalbuminaemia is an essential accompaniment of protein malnutrition. Yet the level of plasma albumin is usually regarded as a relatively crude reflection of a patient's nutritional status, reduction occurring only after prolonged or severe inadequacy of dietary protein. Brock recognized that a …
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The relationship between metabolic acidosis, lactate, the lactate:pyruvate ratio, and outcome, in children with post-operative cardiogenic and septic shock
… of therapy. Although it is recognised that hypoalbuminaemia is associated with adverse outcome, and obscrues the extent of underlying metabolic acidosis, the significance of 'unmeasured' anions estimated from the strong ion gap remains controversial. It has been suggested that the admission …
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The Development and Initial Validity / Reliability Testing of the Glamorgan Paediatric Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Scale
… peripheral perfusion, inadequate nutrition, hypoalbuminaemia, low weight and inappropriate incontinence. These factors were used to develop a pressure ulcer risk assessment (the Glamorgan Scale). An inter-rater agreement study (project 3) was carried out on the Glamorgan scale by collecting …
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Analysis of factors influencing early outcome following liver resection
… age, male gender, insulin-dependent diabetes, hypoalbuminaemia, synchronous bowel procedures, the extent of resection and requirement for blood transfusion. The 90-day mortality rate was 2.7% in patients without post-hepatectomy liver failure or renal dysfunction, 20% in patients with single …
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Predictors of emergency colectomy in patients admitted to Groote Schuur Hospital with acute severe ulcerative colitis between1st January 2003 and 1st January 2013
… significantly associated with colectomy was hypoalbuminaemia on day 3. However given the small study numbers a larger prospective study would be of value in identifying additional risk factors.
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The impact of post operative oedema on clinical recovery and its potential causes
… response to surgical trauma rather than hypoalbuminaemia and hypoproteinaemia were significant factors for oedema formation. Postoperative oedema was associated with a significant increase in postoperative morbidity.
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Investigation of diarrhoea in critically ill patients receiving enteral nutrition
… between diarrhoea and nutritional status, hypoalbuminaemia, sepsis, length of bowel rest, sucralfate and antibiotic therapy other than amikacin. Twenty one patients received Ensure and 27 received Casilan Oil. Despite the differences in the composition of the feeds, the incidence of …
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Pulmonary tuberculosis in the elderly : diagnostic criteria and its epidemiology in old age homes
… hyponatraemia (60%), hypokalaemia (42%) and hypoalbuminaemia (83%), serum bilirubin (20%) and alkaline phosphatase, aspartic transaminase and lactic dehydrogenase are elevated in approximately 2/3 of patients. In comparison with the younger group (mean age 48 years) with cavitating …