Transthyretin: its response to malnutrition and stress injury. clinical usefulness and economic implications

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine

Abstract

Serum transthyretin is an ideal marker for monitoring patients who are malnourished or have metabolic consequences of acute stress injury because it has a short half-life, it measures the level of metabolic deficit, the response to nutritional metabolic support, and because it is a prognostic indicator. Mounting clinical evidence indicates that the use of transthyretin to assess and monitor a patient's nutritional status results in improved treatment outcomes and lower overall healthcare costs.

First Page

1344

Last Page

8

DOI

10.1515/CCLM.2002.232

Publication Date

12-1-2002

Identifier

12553442 (pubmed); 10.1515/CCLM.2002.232 (doi)

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