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Secondary hypoalbuminemia is independently associated with in-hospital mortality in children with Escherichia coli bloodstream infection.

Low blood albumin levels independently predict poor outcomes in critically ill children with E. coli infection, guiding clinical monitoring and intervention.

Hypoalbuminemia is common in critically ill children, however, its prognostic role in pediatric Escherichia coli ( E. The record is retained for conservative triage based on its relevance and observational cohort study.

What the study was

Study design
Observational cohort study
Category
Other
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Ann Med

Why it surfaced

Retained as a observational cohort study relevant to the broad sentinel scan; scoring is conservative from PubMed metadata and abstract only.

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