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Colloid osmotic pressure
Author(s) -
BEVAN D.R.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1980.tb05094.x
Subject(s) - medicine , colloid , oncotic pressure , osmotic pressure , intensive care medicine , biomedical engineering , chemical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , albumin , engineering
Summary Technical advances have made the bedside measurement of colloid osmotic pressure (COP) a rapid and reproducible test. The principles of measurement are described and the place of COP determinations in the recognition, treatment and prophylaxis of oedematous states is discussed.