Conclusion
inflammation
INFLAMMATION, SECONDARY
Results from this secondary analysis including medical inpatients at nutritional risk indicate that nutritional support did not increase concentrations of albumin within 7 days, and changes in serum albumin concentrations did not correlate with treatment response to nutritional interventions. However, an increase in albumin concentrations possibly mirroring resolution of inflammation was associated with better clinical outcomes. Repeated in-hospital albumin measurements in the short-term is, thus, not indicated for monitoring of patients receiving nutritional support but provides prognostic information.