Title: The correlation between burn size and serum albumin level in the first 48 hours after burn injury
Abstract:Goal: To determine whether burn size in severely burned patients (more than 25% of body surface area covered with second and third degree burns) influences the level of serum albumin during the first ...Goal: To determine whether burn size in severely burned patients (more than 25% of body surface area covered with second and third degree burns) influences the level of serum albumin during the first 48 hours after burn injury. Material and method: This was a retrospective study of forty-seven patients with severe burns ranging from 25% to 90% of total body surface area consecutively admitted to intensive care unit of the Emergency Hospital of Bucharest from January 2006 to December 2012. We studied the relationship between burned surface area and the lowest serum albumin level during the first 48 hours after injury. Results: There was a negative linear correlation between the burned surface area and serum albumin level during the first 48 hours post injury. We find a mathematic relationship to express this correlation and to calculate the expected level of serum albumin for a specific burned body surface area. Conclusions: There is a negative correlation between burned surface area and serum albumin level; we proposed a linear polynomial fit in order to describe this correlation. Based on this relationship between those two parameters we suggest administration of intravenous albumin in the first 24 hours post injury, during the initial phase of fluid resuscitation when we would expect low levels of plasma albumin.Read More
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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