Albumin in Advanced Liver Diseases: The Good and Bad of a Drug!
Rakesh Kumar Jagdish, Jaswinder Singh Maras, Shiv Kumar Sarin – 26 March 2021 – Human serum albumin is the most abundant plasma protein, and it regulates diverse body functions. In patients with advanced and decompensated cirrhosis, serum albumin levels are low because of a reduction in the hepatocyte mass due to disease per se and multiple therapeutic interventions.