Role of albumin and prealbumin in assessing nutritional status and predicting increased risk of infectious complications during childhood cancer treatment
Albumin and prealbumin deficiency may predict the risk of malnutrition associated with inflammation in patients with cancer. Hypoalbuminemia may predict an unfavorable course of treatment complicated by frequent infections in these patients.
Authors
- Katarzyna Drabko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7094-9129)
- Anna Milaniuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4348-5007)
- Agnieszka Chojęta
Institutions
- Centralne Laboratorium Kryminalistyczne Policji (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Biochimica Polonica
- Published
- 2024-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/abp.2024.13693
- Citations
- 12
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.92