Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics
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Surg Gynecol Obstet · May 1978
The effect of fluid infusions upon serum protein concentrations during hemorrhagic shock.
Of 24 dogs subjected to hemorrhagic shock, 12 resuscitated with intravenous infusions containing 2.5 per cent human serum albumin maintained significantly higher, p less than 0.05, serum albumin levels than did 12 others treated with Ringer's lactate solution, with or without 50 per cent dog plasma. These differences persisted for as long as six weeks after hemorrhage. ⋯ These findings corroborate the suggestion of a capillary leak of serum albumin into the interstitial space during hemorrhagic shock that persists for at least one week after hemorrhage. The administration of albumin containing solutions during the initial stages of hemorrhagic shock counteracts this albumin loss.