Which of the following laboratory tests are performed to help determine the nutritional status of a client considered high risk for heart surgery?

A) Complete blood count
B) Cardiac enzymes
C) Troponin
D) Albumin and pre-albumin

Pre-albumin

A blood protein that serves as a marker for nutritional status and is used to assess the risk and presence of malnutrition.

Albumin

A protein found in blood plasma that plays a key role in maintaining the oncotic pressure of blood and transporting substances throughout the body.