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Why do cardiologists get a prealbumin after heart surgery? what does it tell them?
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IT IS A MEASURE: Of your nutritional status.
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Nutritional status. : A pre-albumin level gives us some insight as to the nutritional status of patients. If the pre-albumin is low it means the patient requires additional calories in their diet to overcome the stress of surgery and for wound healing.
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