← brief for 2026-08-13 · Slowing decline

Association between pre-injury serum albumin levels and mortality after hip fracture in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis.

Paper B Peer reviewed Small trial

Key takeaways

This study of 66 patients found that low albumin levels are linked to higher mortality after hip fractures. It is an observational study, so it cannot prove cause.

Who did this work

Satake Y (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan. Electronic address: y-satake@kochi-u.ac.jp.) · Ikeuchi M (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-08-06
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jos.2026.07.007