OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate whether hypoalbuminemia and other risk factors for mortality after stroke have the same or different short (1 month), medium (3 months), long (1 year) or very long term (5 years) prognostic value. SUBJECTS/METHODS clinical and analytical data from 254 patients admitted to our Hospital with an ischemic stroke and followed up prospectively for ...

Hypoalbuminemia is associated with mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) maintained either on peritoneal dialysis (PD) or hemodialysis (HD). Serum albumin concentration is determined by its rate of synthesis, by the catabolic rate constant (the fraction of the vascular pool catabolized per unit time), by external losses, and by redistribution from the vascular to the extrava...

BACKGROUND Metabolic complications are associated with clinical outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). These outcomes differ among patients according to the different stages of disease. The prevalence and association of type and number of metabolic complications with renal progression and death in patients having different eGFR levels has high clinical value, but this fact has ...

Protein-losing enteropathy is the manifestation of a diverse set of disorders, and it is characterized by the excessive loss of plasma proteins into the affected portions of the gastrointestinal tract, and this results in hypoalbuminemia. We report here on a case of severe protein-losing enteropathy with the typical clinical features of hypoalbuminemia, dependent edema and increased alpha 1-ant...

OBJECTIVE Malnutrition is frequent in the geriatric population and is often undetected and untreated. Although we often use serum albumin as a nutritional marker, it has limitations in elderly patients in terms of predicting diseases and infections. Anthropometric measurements are not commonly used, despite their simple, easy, and effective characteristics. We evaluated the associations between...

Reutilization of amino acid carbons was evaluated in relation to increased turnover of albumin in tumor-bearing mice. A methylcholanthrene-induced sarcoma (MCG 101) was used in nongrowing mice (C57BL/6J). Sarcoma-bearing mice developed hypoalbuminemia, but pair-fed controls did not. The hypoalbuminemia was caused by increased albumin degradation rate, measured by injection of Na214CO3, and by e...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The level of serum albumin is an index of nourishment care and management. However, the distribution and correlates of serum albumin levels among individuals with motor disorders have not been reported until now. Therefore, we examined the distribution and correlates of serum albumin levels among individuals with motor disorders. SUBJECTS/METHODS A cross-sectional study ...

BACKGROUND Patients with sepsis admitted to the intensive care unit often present with acid-base disorders. As the traditional interpretation might be clinically misleading, an alternative approach described by Stewart may allow one to quantify the individual components of acid-base abnormalities and provide an insight into their pathogenesis. The aim of our study was to compare the traditional...

Higher levels of albuminuria associate with increased risk for adverse outcomes independent of estimated GFR (eGFR), but whether albuminuria also associates with concurrent complications specific to chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unknown. Here, we assessed the association of spot albumin-to-creatinine ratio with anemia, acidosis, hyperphosphatemia, hypoalbuminemia, hyperparathyroidism, and hyp...

BACKGROUND Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important and potentially fatal neglected tropical disease. The aim of this study was to investigate hyponatremia and risk factors for death among VL patients. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study with VL patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in Northeast Brazil, from 2002 to 2009. Patients were divided into two groups: non-survivors and surv...