Converse of object

• use: Commonly these indices would use albumin and markers of immune status, such as total lymphocyte count, to screen patients.

Preposition: in

• patient: Can reduction in extracellular fluid volume result in increased serum albumin in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients?

• urine: A diagnosis is made by measuring the amount of the protein albumin in the urine.

Adjective modifier

• bovine: A further bovine blood product, bovine serum albumin ( BSA ), is often added to serum for nutritional purposes.

• human: More on the Medicines Control Agency The Cochrane Injuries group was investigating the use of human albumin in the treatment of burns victims.

• low: Most patients with advanced disease will have a low serum albumin.

• intravenous: Interventions: Intravenous albumin was given at the time of oocyte retrieval.

• 2s: Isolation, characterization and expression of a gene coding for a 2S albumin from Bertholletia excelsa ( Brazil nut ).

Modifies a noun

• excretion: The primary outcome was the change in albumin excretion rate.

• concentration: Serum glucose, bilirubin, calcium, phosphorus, protein and albumin concentrations during Ramadan.

• level: In dialysis patients it has been found that low albumin levels can be a marker for not doing well on dialysis.

• rate: The primary outcome was the change in albumin excretion rate.

• solution: Key learning points Human albumin solution has been used in the treatment of critically ill patients for over 50 years.

• testing: It is certainly the practice in our lupus clinics at St Thomas ' to give patients their own albumin testing sticks.

Noun used with modifier

• serum: Most patients with advanced disease will have a low serum albumin.

• plasma: It is extensively bound to plasma albumin ( 97 % ).

• urine: In this study, unlike the Saskatchewan study, urine albumin was not related to U intake.

• protein: A diagnosis is made by measuring the amount of the protein albumin in the urine.

• egg: Egg albumin is similar to the lactalbumin found in milk.

• blood: When measuring blood albumin it is important to monitor the hydration status of the patient as this will affect interpretation.