Association Between Albumin Level and Mortality Among Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Patients

To study the effect of hypoalbuminemia on short- and long-term mortality in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) patients.We reviewed 12,418 unique CICU patients from 2007 to 2018. Hypoalbuminemia was defined as an admission albumin level <3.5 g/dL. Predictors of hospital mortality were identified using multivariable logistic regression.We included 2,680 patients (22%) with a measured admission albumin level. The median age was 68 (39% females)....