The patients who diedwere older, with a median age of 63.5 years (interquartile range [IQR]: 46.0- 71.0years), compared with 54.0 years (IQR: 40.0-66.0 years) for those who weredischarged (p = 0.013); had a longer median hospital stay-24.0 days(IQR: 11.0-47.0 days) versus 13.0 days (IQR: 6.5-25.0 days) among the dischargedpatients (p = 0.001); were all admitted to the surgical ward; allhad neoplasms; and had a lower median concentration of serum albumin-2.4 g/dL (IQR:2.1-2.8 g/dL), compared with 3.1 g/dL (IQR: 2.5-3.8 g/dL) for those who weredischarged (p = 0.000). Here, ALB is linked to neoplasm.