Relevance of albumin in modern critical care medicine
β Scribed by Jean-Louis Vincent
- Book ID
- 113497180
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 179 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1521-6896
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Albumin is a much abused and expensive drug in intensive care units. One of the motivations for its use is the prevention of pulmonary edema by enhancing the colloid osmotic pressure (COP). Fear of pulmonary edema has led to the formation of a magic (arbitrary) albumin value varying from one intensi