Assessing post-operative morbidity with relation to pre-operative albumin status in patients admitted to emergency department for abdominal surgery: An observational study

Abstract

Aim: The aim of study was to assess the post-operative morbidity with relation to pre-operative albumin status, in patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery.Material and Methods: In this hospital-based observational study, 100 patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery at Department of General Surgery were included. Hypoalbuminemia was diagnosed if serum albumin level was less than 3.5 gm/dl. Types of surgery and postoperative complications were included in the study. Any association between preoperative serum albumin level and postoperative morbidity was assessed. Study period was of 2 years. Pre-operatively, 50 patients had hypoalbuminemia (serum albumin