Serum-albumin as a prognostic indicator in oedematous malnutrition.
Examination of the records of 340 children admitted to hospital in Uganda with oedematous malnutrition (kwashiorkor) showed that the serum-albumin concentration at admission was closely related to mortality-rates. Furthermore, in this series, it was not possible to show a simple relation between mortality-rates and the degree of wasting present. The results further emphasise the need to include serum-albumin concentration in international classification systems for the assessment of protein-energy malnutrition, especially that of the kwashiorkor type.
D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007732:Kwashiorkor / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D011379:Prognosis; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis*; D014454:Uganda
D012709:Serum Albumin