Transthyretin measurement as a screening tool for protein calorie malnutrition in emergency hospital admissions

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1349-1354

  Potter, Murray A ^a   Luxton, Gillian ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albumin; Economic implications; Length of stay in hospital; Nutritional markers; Protein calorie malnutrition; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PREALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0036910437     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2002.233     Document Type: Review

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