Open AccessLong Intravascular Persistence of 20% Albumin in Postoperative Patients
Author(s) -
Emma Hasselgren,
Markus Zdolsek,
Joachim Zdolsek,
Håkan Björne,
Camilla Krizhanovskii,
Stelia Ntika,
Robert G. Hahn
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000004047
Subject(s) - medicine , albumin , interquartile range , intravascular volume status , anesthesia , serum albumin , urology , surgery , hemodynamics
Albumin may persist intravascularly for a shorter time in patients after major surgery than in healthy volunteers due to a surgery-induced breakdown (shedding) of the endothelial glycocalyx layer.