Albumin concentration determined by the modified bromocresol purple method is superior to that by the bromocresol green method for assessing nutritional status in malnourished patients with inflammation

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 576-584

  Ueno, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hirayama, Satoshi ^a   Ito, Masayuki ^b   Nishioka, Emiko ^a   Fukushima, Yoshifumi ^a   Satoh, Tomoaki ^a,c   Idei, Mayumi ^a   Horiuchi, Yuki ^a   Shoji, Hiromichi ^a   Ohmura, Hirotoshi ^a   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^a   Miida, Takashi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Niigata Medical and Dental Hospital   (Japan)

^c Roche Diagnostics KK   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albumin measurement; Bromocresol green (BCG) method; Controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score; Inflammation; Modified bromocresol purple (MBCP) method; Nutrition support team (NST)

Indexed keywords

BROMCRESOL PURPLE; BROMOCRESOL GREEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; HUMAN ALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBUMIN MEASUREMENT; BROMOCRESOL GREEN (BCG) METHOD; CONTROLLING NUTRITIONAL STATUS (CONUT) SCORE; INFLAMMATION; MODIFIED BROMOCRESOL PURPLE (MBCP) METHOD; NUTRITION SUPPORT TEAM (NST);

AGED; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BROMCRESOL GREEN; BROMCRESOL PURPLE; FEMALE; HAPTOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84899578825     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563213480137     Document Type: Article

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