Ménétrier's disease is a rare cause of hypertrophic gastropathy that is usually confined to the gastric body and fundus. It is characterized by giant rugae, hypoalbuminemia, and foveolar hyperplasia. Here we report the case of a 26-year-old woman who presented with epigastric pain, postparandial nausea-vomiting, and weight loss. Paraclinic evaluation revealed hypoalbuminemia and hypochromic mic...

Background and Aim: An altered liver function test does not always indicate pathology in the liver. We present a case of chronic diarrhea referred for an test. This underscores importance considering apart from cases with low albumin protein levels. Case report: A 65-year-old female K/C/O hypertension hypothyroidism on oral medications presented persistent small bowel type vomiting, initially t...

Orthopedic Research Online Journal Albumin And Hypoalbuminemia: Relevance in Orthopaedic Surgery Michelle J Lespasio* Nurse Practitioner and Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, USA *Corresponding author: Lespasio, Boston, Submission: November 11, 2022;Published: December 21, 2022 DOI: 10.31031/OPROJ.2022.10.000735 ISSN: 2576-8875 Volume10 Issue2

A 49-year-old female presented with diarrhea and a high fever followed by progressive dyspnea. Until this presentation, she had been healthy except for chronic dyspepsia and diarrhea. She had a smoking habit of 15 pack-years. Laboratory tests revealed lymphopenia, hypoalbuminemia and hypogammaglobulinemia. A rapid influenza test in combination with an RT-PCR assay revealed the presence of the n...

BACKGROUND bariatric surgery is widely employed nowadays. Nutritional complications following malabsorptive bariatric surgery are common. OBJECTIVES to compare protein malnutrition incidence, the amount of protein intake and the influence of various risk factors in patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and biliopancreatic diversion (BPD). METHODS retrospective study comparing ...

Introduction: Oxidative stress in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients produces molecular modifications of serum albumin that disturb its biological functions and interfere with its detection by the commonly used bromocresol green (BCG) assay. This study aimed to evaluate the role of oxidized serum albumin (OSA) in hypoalbuminemic PD patients. Methods: Twenty four PD stable patients with serum alb...