INTRODUCTION Albumin is considered an important extracellular antioxidant molecule. hypoalbuminemia is a strong and independent predictor of mortality in patients on hemodialysis. The present study evaluated the relation between hypoalbuminemia and oxidative stress by comparing superoxide dismutase activity, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant micronutrient consumption in chronic renal failure p...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Anthropometric measures such as body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) have differential associations with incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) and mortality. We examined the associations of BMI and WC with various CKD complications. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 2,853 adult participants with CKD in the National Health and Nutrition Examinatio...

Hypoalbuminemia of Hemodialysis (HD) patients is an independent cardiovascular risk factor, however, there is no mechanistic explanation between hypoalbuminemia and vascular injury. In the event of oxidative stress and inflammation to which HD patients are exposed, albumin is oxidized and undetected by common laboratory methods, rendering an apparent hypoalbuminemia. We wanted to show that thes...

We thank Professor Wiwanitkit for highlighting important aspects of hypoalbuminemia in HIV infected patients.1 Hypoalbuminaemia can be the result of inadequate protein intake, malabsorption, reduced production in the liver, increased catabolic state or increased excretion of proteins through the kidneys. In patients with chronic diseases such as cancer, tuberculosis or end stage renal disease, ...

Four critically ill patients developed phenytoin toxicity. Hypoalbuminemia or concomitant displacing drugs resulted in an increased fraction of unbound drug. Clinical findings included gradual decrease in level of consciousness and cerebellar signs. Marked phenytoin toxicity can occur in critically ill patients with hypoalbuminemia and can often be detected only by direct measurement of free ph...

Effect of a low-soy-protein-isolate (SPI) diet supplemented with methionine on hyperlipidemia, proteinuria, and hypoalbuminemia was studied in rats with nephrotoxic serum nephritis (NSN). Rats were fed experimental diets for 14 d after an injection of nephrotoxic serum. An 8.5%-SPI diet (8.5S), as compared with a basal 20%-SPI diet (20S), improved the hyperlipidemia, proteinura, and hypoalbumin...

Serum albumin concentration (CP) is a remarkably strong prognostic indicator of morbidity and mortality in both sick and seemingly healthy subjects. Surprisingly, the specifics of the pathophysiology underlying the relationship between CP and ill-health are poorly understood. This review provides a summary that is not previously available in the literature, concerning how synthesis, catabolism,...

Clinicians caring for patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) have relied on a variety of laboratory measures to assess the health of patients and their response to treatment. Traditionally, serum albumin has been an indicator of nutrition status and has therefore been included in monthly blood testing in most centers. The development of hypoalbuminemia in dialysis patients has been associated wit...