Can blood urea Nitrogen-to-Albumin ratio predict mortality in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 pneumonia hospitalized in the intensive care unit?

Filiz Ata Ahmet Kağan As Engin Mesut Nurcan Kacmaz Kat Yusuf Ata Tamer Türk

Published in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2022)

In this study, we showed that the blood urea nitrogen-to-albumin ratio, which was previously shown as a predictor of mortality in patients with various pneumonia, was an independent predictor of mortality in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular events
risk factors
coronavirus disease
sars cov
coronary artery disease
type diabetes
early onset
high intensity
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation