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Prealbumin: A Parameter of Visceral Protein Levels During Albumin Infusion

Division of General Surgery and Department of Pathology, Scott and White Clinic, Temple, Texas

A. Michael Spiekerman, PH.D.

Division of General Surgery and Department of Pathology, Scott and White Clinic, Temple, Texas

Stephen R. Newmark, M.D.

Nutrition and Metabolic Support Center, Saint Francis Hospital, University of Oklahoma Tulsa Medical College, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Prealbumin estimations were obtained to determine nutritional states in a group of patients supported with total parenteral nutrition and exogenous albumin infusions. Patients who were in positive nitrogen balance demonstrated an increase in prealbumin levels (11.0 ± 1.6 milligram percent versus 20.3 ± 3.3 milligram percent), whereas patients who were in negative nitrogen balance demonstrated a decrease in prealbumin levels (13.1 ± 5.3 milligram percent versus 9.8 ± 2.2 milligram percent).

Prealbumin can be utilized as a test to reflect visceral protein states in patients receiving exogenous albumin infusions.

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 6, No. 3, 230-231 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607182006003230


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