Colloid osmotic pressure and serum albumin following surgery.
The fall in serum albumin which occurs after operation can be modified by an intraoperative infusion of 20 g salt-poor human albumin, and the associated fall in colloid osmotic pressure is also corrected. There is a decrease in postoperative oliguria following a colloid infusion but no significant effect has been demonstrated on urinary sodium excretion. Th alteration of fluid and electrolyte metabolism after surgery does not appear to be a direct effect of lowered plasma colloid osmotic pressure. It is suggested that the effect of intraoperative albumin infusion is predominantly haemodynamic.
D000418:Albumins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003102:Colloids / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects; D009846:Oliguria / Q000188:drug therapy; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000502:physiology*; D012964:Sodium / Q000652:urine
D000418:Albumins; D003102:Colloids; D012709:Serum Albumin; D012964:Sodium