Colloid osmotic pressure and fluid resuscitation with hetastarch, albumin, and saline solutions. 1982

M T Haupt, and E C Rackow

The effects of fluid resuscitation with 6% hetastarch, 5% albumin, or 0.9% saline solutions on plasma colloid osmotic pressure (COP) were examined in 26 patients with hypovolemic circulatory shock. One liter of hetastarch produced a 36% increase in COP compared to an 11% increase after 1 L of albumin (p less than 0.001). One liter of saline resulted in a 12% decrease in COP (p less than 0.05). The mean COP increased from 16.3 +/- 1.6 (SE) mm Hg to a maximum of 23.7 +/- 1.4 mm Hg during the first 24 h of hetastarch resuscitation (p less than 0.01), and from 17.0 +/- 1.1 to 22.3 +/- 1.5 mm Hg with albumin (p less than 0.001). Saline resuscitation decreased the COP from 17.1 +/- 1.1 mm Hg to a minimum of 12.7 +/- 1.1 mm Hg (p less than 0.02). These changes persisted from 2-5 days after resuscitation. Saline resuscitation required significantly larger amounts of fluid. The authors conclude that fluid resuscitation of circulatory shock with colloid solutions increases COP and requires less volume of resuscitative fluid.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009997 Osmotic Pressure The pressure required to prevent the passage of solvent through a semipermeable membrane that separates a pure solvent from a solution of the solvent and solute or that separates different concentrations of a solution. It is proportional to the osmolality of the solution. Osmotic Shock,Hypertonic Shock,Hypertonic Stress,Hypotonic Shock,Hypotonic Stress,Osmotic Stress,Hypertonic Shocks,Hypertonic Stresses,Hypotonic Shocks,Hypotonic Stresses,Osmotic Pressures,Osmotic Shocks,Osmotic Stresses,Pressure, Osmotic,Pressures, Osmotic,Shock, Hypertonic,Shock, Hypotonic,Shock, Osmotic,Shocks, Hypertonic,Shocks, Hypotonic,Shocks, Osmotic,Stress, Hypertonic,Stress, Hypotonic,Stress, Osmotic,Stresses, Hypertonic,Stresses, Hypotonic,Stresses, Osmotic
D012151 Resuscitation The restoration to life or consciousness of one apparently dead. (Dorland, 27th ed) Resuscitations
D003102 Colloids Two-phase systems in which one is uniformly dispersed in another as particles small enough so they cannot be filtered or will not settle out. The dispersing or continuous phase or medium envelops the particles of the discontinuous phase. All three states of matter can form colloids among each other. Hydrocolloids,Colloid,Hydrocolloid
D005260 Female Females
D005440 Fluid Therapy Therapy whose basic objective is to restore the volume and composition of the body fluids to normal with respect to WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE. Fluids may be administered intravenously, orally, by intermittent gavage, or by HYPODERMOCLYSIS. Oral Rehydration Therapy,Rehydration,Rehydration, Oral,Oral Rehydration,Rehydration Therapy, Oral,Therapy, Fluid,Therapy, Oral Rehydration,Fluid Therapies,Oral Rehydration Therapies,Oral Rehydrations,Rehydration Therapies, Oral,Rehydrations,Rehydrations, Oral,Therapies, Fluid,Therapies, Oral Rehydration
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006895 Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives Starches that have been chemically modified so that a percentage of OH groups are substituted with 2-hydroxyethyl ether groups. Hetastarch,Elohes,HAES-steril,Hemohes,Hespan,Hydroxyethyl Starch (130 KD-0.4 Substitution),Hydroxyethyl Starch 130-0.4,Hydroxyethylated Starches,Pentafraction,Pentaspan,Pentastarch,Plasmasteril,Starches, 2-Hydroxyethyl,2-Hydroxyethyl Starches,Derivatives, Hydroxyethyl Starch,Hydroxyethyl Starch 130 0.4,Starch Derivatives, Hydroxyethyl,Starches, 2 Hydroxyethyl,Starches, Hydroxyethylated
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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