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Laboratory assessment of nutritional status in ICU patients

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Review identifies complex factors affecting nutritional status in critically ill patients, suggesting improved evaluation methods.

Assessing nutritional status in critically ill patients is complex due to the impact of critical illness on traditional biomarkers.
Recent findings reveal that albumin, transthyretin, and interleukin-6 are not reliable indicators of malnutrition.
Non-laboratory tools, including muscle imaging and ultrasound, aid in the evaluation of nutritional status in these patients.
Urgent development of better tools is necessary for tailored nutritional support in the ICU setting.

Marlies Ostermann (2025) studied this question.

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