Who needs low aluminum albumin?
Many patients may be at high risk for aluminum toxicity from parenteral treatments1. These individuals include1-4:
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Newborns
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Premature infants receiving IV therapy
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The elderly
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Dialysis patients and other with impaired renal function
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Patients receiving total parenteral nutrition
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Burn patients
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Now there's one albumin for all patients: Albumin with reduced aluminum content from Talecris Biotherapeutics.
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Koo WW, Kaplan LA. Aluminum and bone disorders: with specific reference to aluminum contamination of infant nutrients. J Am Coll Nutr. 1988;7(3):199-214.
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Milliner DS, Shinaberger JH, Shuman P, Coburn JW. Inadvertent aluminum administration during plasma exchange due to aluminum contamination of albumin-replacement solutions. N Engl J Med. 1985;312(3):165-167.
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Klein GL, Herndon DN, Rutan TC, Barnett JR, Miller NL, Alfrey AC. Risk of aluminum accumulation in patients with burns and ways to reduce it. J Burn Care Rehabil. 1994;15(4):354-358.
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Berend K, van der Voet G, Boer WH. Acute aluminum encephalopathy in a dialysis center caused by a cement mortar water distribution pipe. Kidney Int. 2001;59(2):746-753.
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