Serum albumin is mainly measured to investigate liver diseases, protein energy malnutrition, disorders of water balance, nephrotic syndrome, and protein-losing gastrointestinal diseases.
What are the Normal ranges for Serum albumin Test?
30 – 40g/dl
What does test result mean?
Increases Serum albumin levels are rarely raised except in
diarrhoea or prolonged vomiting and artefactually by prolonged venous stasis.
Decreases
Hypoalbuminaemia occurs whenever there is increased plasma volume (e.g. in pregnancy).
Pathological causes include:
– Low protein intake as in protein energy malnutrition.
– Malabsorption as in chronic pancreatitis, coeliac disease, and sprue.
See also:
Lablink 