KMID : 0853020160190020057
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Journal of Korean Burn Society 2016 Volume.19 No. 2 p.57 ~ p.61
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Serum Prealbumin Affected More by Serum CRP Than by Residual Burned Surface Area
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Yoo Kyung-Tak
Woo Go-Woon Jang Tae-Young Song Jae-Seok
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Abstract
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Purpose: Prealbumin is known as a biochemical marker for assessing nutritional status, and it is influenced by a systemic inflammatory condition. This study aims to find any correlation between patients¡¯ low serum prealbumin in electrical burn and unhealed burn surface area and insufficient nutritional support.
Methods: Data were collected by a review of the medical charts of patients admitted to Hanil General Hospital for electrical burn. Laboratory results such as prealbumin, albumin, total lymphocyte count (TLC), and C-reactive protein (CRP) were collected and tested every week. Residual burn surface area (residual BSA) during a specific period was calculated from the surgery record. Statistical analysis was conducted using Pearson¡¯s correlation and multiple regression analysis.
Results: A total of 30 subjects were selected, all male. Average total burn surface area was 20.9¡¾14.9%, and patients were operated on about three times after admission. There was statistical significance among all variables in Pearson¡¯s correlation test, but in multiple regression analysis, albumin and CRP were significant compared with prealbumin.
Conclusion: The results could indicate that burn causes a systemic inflammatory reaction, which could affect the serum pre-albumin level. Further study concerning the biological plausibility of each variable is needed.
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KEYWORD
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Electric burns, Prealbumin, Transthyretin, Nutrition
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