Diagnostic performance of initial serum albumin level for predicting in-hospital mortality among aspiration pneumonia patients
- Authors
- Kim, Hyosun; Jo, Sion; Lee, Jae Baek; Jin, Youngho; Jeong, Taeoh; Yoon, Jaechol; Lee, Jeong Moon; Park, Bo young
- Issue Date
- Jan-2018
- Publisher
- W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd.
- Keywords
- Albumin; Aspiration pneumonia; Mortality
- Citation
- American Journal of Emergency Medicine, v.36, no.1, pp.5 - 11
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- Journal Title
- American Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Volume
- 36
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 5
- End Page
- 11
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/150656
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.06.039
- ISSN
- 0735-6757
- Abstract
- Purpose: The predictive value of serum albumin in adult aspiration pneumonia patients remains unknown.
Methods: Using data collected during a 3-year retrospective cohort of hospitalized adult patients with aspiration pneumonia, we evaluated the predictive value of serum albumin level at ED presentation for in-hospital mortality.
Results: 248 Patients were enrolled; of these, 51 cases died (20.6%). The mean serum albumin level was 3.4±0.7g/dL and serum albumin levels were significantly lower in the non-survivor group than in the survivor group (3.0±0.6g/dL vs. 3.5±0.6g/dL). In the multivariable logistic regression model, albumin was associated with in-hospital mortality significantly (adjusted odds ratio 0.30, 95% confidential interval (CI) 0.16-0.57). The area under the receiver operating characteristics (AUROC) for in-hospital survival was 0.72 (95% CI 0.64-0.80). The Youden index was 3.2g/dL and corresponding sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, positive and negative likelihood ratio were 68.6%, 66.5%, 34.7%, 89.1%, 2.05 and 0.47, respectively. High sensitivity (98.0%) was shown at albumin level of 4.0g/dL and high specificity (94.9%) was shown at level of 2.5g/dL.
Conclusion: Initial serum albumin levels were independently associated with in-hospital mortality among adult patients hospitalized with aspiration pneumonia and demonstrated fair discriminative performance in the prediction of in-hospital mortality.
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