Long Intravascular Persistence of 20% Albumin in Postoperative Patients

BACKGROUND: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.METHODS:In this nonrandomized clinical trial, an IV infusion of 3 mL/kg of 20% albumin was gi