Albumin as a marker of nutrition: A common pitfall

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 667-668

  Slattery, Eoin ^a   Patchett, Stephen ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MALE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 80053245872     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318230646a     Document Type: Letter

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