Albumin is the most abundant protein in the circulation. Its main physiologic function is to maintain colloid osmotic pressure. Better understanding of albumin's other physiologic functions has ...

preliminary evidence [exists] that albumin might be more beneficial than saline for fluid resuscitation in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock... Given the preliminary evidence that ...

Albumin use in patients with septic shock who had kidney impairment was associated with increased RRT (OR, 2.37) and with in-hospital mortality (OR, 1.21). Caution is urged with early albumin use ...

Your albumin is low, and your globulin is high ... Other tests can help characterize the nature of the problem and help narrow the causes. These involve lab tests like: An A/G ratio is a blood ...