rss
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2008;93:F310-F312 doi:10.1136/adc.2007.131375
  • Short report

Serum albumin and mortality in very low birth weight infants

  1. I Morris,
  2. N McCallion,
  3. A El-Khuffash,
  4. E J Molloy
  1. Department of Neonatology, National Maternity Hospital, University College Dublin, Ireland
  1. Dr E Molloy, Department of Neonatology, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin 2, Ireland; elesean{at}hotmail.com
  • Accepted 10 January 2008
  • Published Online First 24 January 2008

Abstract

Serum albumin is a predictor of outcome in adults but its role in paediatric patients is unclear. Earliest albumin was not associated with mortality or morbidity in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. However, the lowest serum albumin had a statistically significant inverse correlation with mortality and potentially plays a prognostic role in VLBW neonates.

Footnotes

  • Competing interests: None declared.

  • Ethics approval: Ethics approval was not obtained as this study was an analysis of outcome of standard procedure.

This Article

  1. Abstract
  2. Full text
  3. PDF
  4. All versions of this article:
    1. adc.2007.131375v1
    2. 93/4/F310 most recent

Responses

  1. Submit a response
  2. No responses published

Register for free content

The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.

Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.