Worsening or improving hypoalbuminemia during continuous renal replacement therapy is predictive of patient outcome: a single-center retrospective study

Table 3 Impact of the albumin change pattern on length of stay at ICU or hospital

	Differences in admission duration Mean (95% CI), days	P-value
LOS at ICU, days
Albumin change pattern
Persistent Low	3.55 (0.49, 6.60)	0.023
Increasing	2.55 (− 1.51, 6.61)	0.218
Decreasing	1.78 (− 1.56, 5.11)	0.295
Persistent High	Reference
CRRT duration, days	1.01 (0.83, 1.19)	< 0.001
LOS at hospital, days
Albumin change pattern
Persistent Low	2.69 (− 2.60, 7.97)	0.318
Increasing	5.43 (− 1.76, 12.6)	0.138
Decreasing	− 0.20 (− 6.08, 5.68)	0.946
Persistent High	Reference
Age, year	− 0.17 (− 0.31, − 0.03)	0.015
CRRT duration, days	0.90 (0.56, 1.21)	< 0.001

Final model: adjusted with age, SOFA score, and CRRT duration
ICU intensive care unit, CRRT continuous renal replacement therapy, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, LOS length of stay

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