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Variation in serum albumin results due to measurement timing for patients on dialysis
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Why is it important?
Clinically, this data shows that serum albumin measurement should be taken post-dialysis, rather than pre-dialysis. Pre-dialysis measurements were diluted by intradialytic weight gain, and may give a false low reading.
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This page is a summary of: Quantification of the difference between pre-dialysis and post-dialysis serum albumin measurement and its relationship to intra-dialytic weight gain, Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, June 2012, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.krcp.2012.04.579.
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