Hypoalbuminemia is associated with the acquisition and severity of infectious diseases, and
intact innate and adaptive immune responses depend on albumin. Albumin oxidation and …

The metabolism of albumin in inflammatory states such as sepsis or major surgery is
complex and still not well characterized. Nevertheless, in inflammatory states, albumin …

The crude mortality rate in critical pneumonia cases with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) reaches 49%. This study aimed to test whether levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in …

Serum albumin (ALB), one of the most important proteins in human physiology, has the main
functions of maintaining plasma oncotic pressure and plasma volume, transporting …

Aim of this study was to develop a new simpler and more effective severity score for
community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients. A total of 1640 consecutive hospitalized …

Background and Aims. To investigate the association between serum albumin levels within
24 hrs of patient admission and the development of persistent organ failure in acute …

Purpose This study aimed to determine whether the blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin
(B/A) ratio is a useful prognostic factor of mortality in patients with aspiration pneumonia …

Objectives The pneumonia severity index and CURB-65 are risk assessment tools widely
used in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, limitations in these prognostic …

Introduction: Patients admitted to the hospital with sepsis are 8 times more likely to die than
patients with other diagnoses. There is no diagnostic test that clearly identifies the presence …

Background To date, only few studies have examined the prognostic factors of community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP) defined according to the latest criteria, which excludes …