Hypoalbuminaemia and gastric mass

Hypoalbuminaemia due to protein loss from gastric carcinoma.

In a patient suffering from carcinoma of the stomach generalized oedema was the presenting symptom. It is suggested that this was due to excessive loss of protein from the stomach.

Hypoalbuminaemia and propofol pharmacokinetics.

Editor—Cavaliere and colleagues report that hypoalbuminaemia does not affect the accuracy of Diprifusor during sedation with propofol. They hypothesized that hypoalbuminaemia may affect the accuracy of target-controlled infusion (TCI) by introducing major deviations in propofol pharmacokinetics. Their results, however, failed to show significant differences in the accuracy of the Diprifusor bet...

Gastric MALT Lymphoma Presenting as a Large Solitary Submucosal Mass

Herein, we report on a 24-year-old woman with a large well-marginated gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. She presented with dysphagia and epigastric pain. In esophago­gastro­duodeno­scopy there was a huge bulging submucosal mass with normal appearing mucosa in the cardia in addition to a grade B gastro-esophageal reflux disease. She was treated with a proton pump inhibit...

Hypoanabolic Hypoalbuminaemia in Gastro-intestinal Disease.

Oedema in kwashiorkor is caused by hypoalbuminaemia

It has been argued that the oedema of kwashiorkor is not caused by hypoalbuminaemia because the oedema disappears with dietary treatment before the plasma albumin concentration rises. Reanalysis of this evidence and a review of the literature demonstrates that this was a mistaken conclusion and that the oedema is linked to hypoalbuminaemia. This misconception has influenced the recommendations ...