Is correction of severe hypoalbuminemia necessary in the critically ill？  

作　　者：Joachim Boldt 

机构地区：[1]Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Bremserstr. 79, D-67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2008年第22期2360-2362,共3页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：The rationale for using albumin in the critically ill intensive care unit （ICU） patient showing hypoalbuminemia is to increase colloid oncotic pressure （COP） to prevent extravasation of fluid from the intra- to the extravascular space. Correction of low albumin plasma levels is also justified by the role of albumin for binding and transportation of drugs and for its possibly beneficial role as an oxygen radical scavenger.The rationale for using albumin in the critically ill intensive care unit （ICU） patient showing hypoalbuminemia is to increase colloid oncotic pressure （COP） to prevent extravasation of fluid from the intra- to the extravascular space. Correction of low albumin plasma levels is also justified by the role of albumin for binding and transportation of drugs and for its possibly beneficial role as an oxygen radical scavenger.

关 键 词：HYPOALBUMINEMIA critically ill volume replacement hydroxyethyl starch HYPOVOLEMIA 

分 类 号：R589[医药卫生—内分泌]