Abstract:Objective: There are limited data evaluating the impact of preoperative albumin levels in patients undergoing vascular procedures. This study evaluated the relationship of preoperative albumin levels with outcome after lower extremity (LE) vascular procedures for peripheral artery disease (PAD). Methods: Patients with PAD admitted for elective LE procedures between September 2008 and December 2015 were selected from the Cerner Health Facts database using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.