Ischemia-modified albumin levels in patients with end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis: does albumin analysis method affect albumin-adjusted ischemia-modified albumin levels?

J Clin Lab Anal. 2010;24(4):273-7. doi: 10.1002/jcla.20399.

Abstract

Ischemia-Modified albumin (IMA) has been used as an early marker in the evaluation of the patients with acute coronary syndrome. We aimed to evaluate IMA in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis and the effect of albumin methods on albumin-adjusted IMA levels. A total of 30 ESRD patients were included in this study. Serum IMA and albumin levels were measured before and after a hemodialysis session. Albumin concentrations were determined with bromocresol green and bromocresol purple methods. Postdialysis IMA and albumin-adjusted IMA levels with two different albumin methods were significantly increased compared with the predialysis levels (P<0.05). However, we did not find any difference in albumin-adjusted IMA levels in either at the beginning or at the end of the dialysis session. IMA levels increase after hemodialysis, whereas albumin method has no effect on albumin-adjusted IMA levels.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Bromcresol Green
  • Bromcresol Purple
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / blood*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia / blood*
  • Renal Dialysis*
  • Serum Albumin / analysis*

Substances

  • Serum Albumin
  • Bromcresol Purple
  • Bromcresol Green