Hypoalbuminemia as an independent predictor of complications, critical illness and premature death

Currently, there is no reduced serum albumin in prognostic scales devoted to clinical assessment and risk of possible negative events. The purpose of this review was to summarize national and foreign data on the role of hypoalbuminemia in predicting the risk of critical conditions. We analyzed 37 national and foreign available full-text studies. The relationship between low serum albumin and various adverse events (premature mortality, complications of the underlying disease, risk of various pathological processes) was considered. Hypoalbuminemia is an important indicator in predicting the adverse outcomes in intensive care. At the same time, the issue of direct causal relationship between hypoalbuminemia and negative events is still important and requires further study.