Use of dried blood spots for monitoring inflammatory and nutritional biomarkers in the elderly.
Jérôme VialaretMargaux VignonChristophe HirtzStéphanie BadiouGregory BaptistaLaura FichterAnne Marie DupuyAleksandra Maleska MaceskiMartin FayolleMehdi BrousseJean-Paul CristolClaude JeandelSylvain LehmannPublished in: Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine (2023)
Early detection and regular monitoring of nutritional and inflammatory problems using DBS appear to be clinically feasible. This could help resolve major public health challenges in the elderly for whom frailty leads to serious risks of health complications.