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COLLOID OSMOTIC PRESSURE IN SURGICAL PATIENTS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SERUM PROTEIN AND ALBUMIN ESTIMATIONS
Author(s) -
MORTON A. P.,
HOLLING J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb04890.x
Subject(s) - oncotic pressure , medicine , colloid , critically ill , albumin , osmotic pressure , serum albumin , surgery , biochemistry , chemistry
A series of calculated colloid osmotic pressure (C. O.P.) results have been compared with concurrently performed total serum protein and serum albumin estimations. It Is concluded that in most critically ill patients, serial estimations of total serum protein, which are very easy to perform using a hand refractometer or copper sulphate bottles, give a useful guide to the C. O.P. level. In a second series of patients, colloid osmotic pressure has been calculated before and after operation in a group of patients undergoing routine abdominal surgery, and significant falls In C. O.P. have been found to occur after operation. It Is suggested that this may be a contributing factor in some of those patients who suffer postoperative respiratory complications.