title: Transthyretin: its response to malnutrition and stress injury. clinical usefulness and economic implications.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bridgeport Hospital Yale New Haven Health, Bridgeport, CT, USA larryberns@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Larry H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ingenbleek
mesh_terms: D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000191:economics; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011228:Prealbumin