{"id":1058,"date":"2020-09-01T21:13:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T02:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.creative-diagnostics.com\/blog\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2020-12-09T01:36:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T06:36:54","slug":"prealbumin-blood-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creative-diagnostics.com\/blog\/index.php\/prealbumin-blood-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Prealbumin Blood Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

A prealbumin blood test measures prealbumin levels in your blood. Prealbumin is a protein synthesized in your liver. It helps carry thyroid hormones and vitamin A through your bloodstream as well as regulate energy consumption in the body. If your prealbumin levels are lower than normal, it may be a sign of malnutrition, a condition which your body lacks the calories, vitamins, and\/or minerals needed to support normal functions.Determining the level of prealbumin, a hepatic protein, is a sensitive and cost-effective method of assessing the severity of illness resulting from malnutrition in patients who are critically ill or have a chronic disease. Prealbumin levels have been shown to correlate with patient outcomes and are an accurate predictor of patient recovery. In high-risk patients, prealbumin levels determined twice weekly during hospitalization can alert the physician to declining nutritional status, improve patient outcome, and shorten hospitalization in an increasingly cost-conscious economy.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Although the association between poor nutrition and illness has long been recognized, there is a lack of reliable, objective, short-term screening methods to evaluate nutritional risk. Determination of the prealbumin level is a cost-effective and objective method of assessing severity of illness in patients who are critically ill or have a chronic disease.<\/p>\n

A prealbumin test may be used to:<\/p>\n

* Find out if you are getting enough nutrients, especially protein, in your diet<\/p>\n

* Help diagnose certain infections and chronic diseases<\/p>\n

Low prealbumin scores mean that you are likely to need a nutritional assessment. Low prealbumin scores may also be a sign of liver disease, inflammation, or tissue death (tissue necrosis). High prealbumin scores may be a sign of long-term (chronic) kidney disease, steroid use, or alcoholism.<\/p>\n

TABLE 1 Prealbumin Risk Stratification<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
PREALBUMIN LEVEL<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nRISK LEVEL<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
<5.0 mg per dL (<50 mg per L)<\/td>\nPoor prognosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.0 to 10.9 mg per dL (50 to 109 mg per L)<\/td>\nSignificant risk; aggressive nutritional support indicated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.0 to 15.0 mg per dL (110 to 150 mg per L)<\/td>\nIncreased risk; monitor status biweekly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.0 to 35.0 mg per dL (150 to 350 mg per L)<\/td>\nNormal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source: \u00a0Prealbumin in Nutritional Care Consensus Group. Nutrition 1995;11:170.<\/em><\/p>\n

Test results may vary depending on your age, gender, health history, the method used for the test, and other things. Your test results may not mean you have a problem. Ask your healthcare provider what your test results mean for you.<\/p>\n

Creative Diagnostics can support your testing by providing native prealbumin antigens and several monoclonal antibodies<\/a>. Our new high-affinity mouse monoclonal antibodies have been validated both in ELISA and Immunoturbidimetric. Clones can be paired with each other and are suitable for the development of diagnostics assays.<\/p>\n

Featured Prealbumin\/TTR Antigens and Antibodies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Antibody<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CABT-L5122<\/strong><\/td>\nAnti-Human\u2002Prealbumin\/TTR Mab<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nELISA, Immunoturbidimetric<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CABT-L5123<\/strong><\/td>\nAnti-Human\u2002Prealbumin\/TTR Mab<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nELISA, Immunoturbidimetric<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CABT-L5124<\/strong><\/td>\nAnti-Human\u2002Prealbumin\/TTR Mab<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nELISA, Immunoturbidimetric<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Antigen<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DAGC251<\/strong><\/td>\nNative Human Prealbumin<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\nPurity > 96%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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A prealbumin blood test measures prealbumin levels in your blood. Prealbumin is a protein synthesized in your liver. It helps carry thyroid hormones and vitamin A through your bloodstream as well as regulate energy consumption in the body. If your prealbumin levels are lower than normal, it may be a sign of malnutrition, a condition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[62],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creative-diagnostics.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creative-diagnostics.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creative-diagnostics.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creative-diagnostics.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creative-diagnostics.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.creative-diagnostics.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1063,"href":"https:\/\/www.creative-diagnostics.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions\/1063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creative-diagnostics.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creative-diagnostics.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creative-diagnostics.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}