Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction due to dysregulation of the host response to infection which causes systemic changes, namely an increase in the serum lactate/albumin ratio which is associated with mortality. Method:This study is a clinical observational analytical study with a prospective cohort design at fittingAdult patients diagnosed with sepsis in the integrated inpatient ward and intensive care ward at Haji Adam Malik General Hospital, Medan. The subject sampling technique used was non-probability sampling with a consecutive sampling method where 50 subjects were required. Bivariate analysis used the Pearson correlation test and the linear relationship between the lactate-albumin ratio value and the SOFA score used linear regression. A 95% confidence interval with a p value 0.05). Conclusion:The lactate-albumin ratio was strongly correlated with the SOFA score on the first day of adult patients diagnosed with sepsis in the integrated inpatient ward and intensive care ward.
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