[Role of albumins in burnt patients: its efficacy during intensive care. Addendum to the expert guidelines of the Consensus Conference, Paris December 15th 1995].
In the burned patient, the critical threshold over which a correction of hypoalbuminemia is required has not yet been clearly defined. The level of 30 g.L-1 of albumin is usually admitted. According to the extent of the burn, albumin is not indicated in patients with a burn size below 15% of the total body surface. It is essential, from the very beginning of management in patients with a burn size over 50%. Its administration can be postponed to the 8th, 12th or even 24th hour in case of a burn size between 15 and 50%.
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Service des brûlés, groupe hospitalier Pellegrin-Tripode, Bordeaux, France.
D000418:Albumins / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000502:physiology; D002056:Burns / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D010953:Plasma Volume; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology
D000418:Albumins; D012709:Serum Albumin