Albumin and the fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio: Biomarkers for the acute phase response following total knee arthroplasty.

Emilie AmaroStephanie N Moore-Lotridge Bronson WessingerMichael A BenvenutiThomas J AnWilliam K OelsnerGregory G PolkowskiJonathan G Schoenecker

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Albumin levels follow a predictable postoperative decline that inversely correlates with CRP in healthy patients following TKA. Given the low cost and abundance of laboratories offering albumin levels, direct albumin levels and/or albumin ratios such as FAR may be underutilized biomarkers for monitoring the APR following TKA.

Keyphrases

total knee arthroplasty
low cost
total hip
ejection fraction
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
microbial community
patient reported