Lactate Dehydrogenase to Albumin Ratio as a Predictor of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Patients Aged 60 years and Above: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Congfeng Li, Mengyu Lian, Lin Ding, Jinxiang Wang · 2026
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Congfeng Li and co-authors test a blood ratio for judging pneumonia severity in older adults in a 2026 study. Community-acquired pneumonia hits older patients hard, and simple admission markers help sort who needs intensive care. A ratio joining a cell enzyme, lactate dehydrogenase, to the protein albumin was the candidate.
Records covered 423 patients aged 60 and older at six Chinese hospitals between 2022 and 2025, with severe pneumonia in 102 cases, or 24.1 percent of the cohort in the report. Higher transformed ratio values on admission linked strongly to severe disease in first analyses. Group splits by age, sex, and other diseases checked whether the link held broadly. The authors propose the ratio as a cheap severity flag.
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| CREATOR | Congfeng Li, Mengyu Lian, Lin Ding, Jinxiang Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27976 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |