Serum albumin level is a limited nutritional marker for predicting wound healing in patients with pressure ulcer: Two multicenter prospective cohort studies

We aimed to investigate the predictive validity of serum albumin for pressure ulcer healing, according to patient condition and wound characteristics.This study was a secondary analysis of pooled data from two multicentre cohort studies undertaken in 2005 and 2007. All adult patients with pressure ulcer were included and were tracked until wound healing or discharge from care. Baseline serum albumin data were obtained from medical charts.A total...