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Lymph/plasma (L/P) albumin ratios were followed in a patient with a traumatic thoracic duct lymph fistula, during septic shock when lymph flow was high and at recovery when lymph flow was low. Higher albumin ratios were found during the former. On both occassions, the P-L difference of radioactive counts/min per gram was followed for 6 h after i.v. injection of 51Cr human serum albumin (HSA). Equilibration half times between plasma and lymph amounted to 0.85 h during septic shock and 2.49 h at recovery. The data indicate that systemic microvascular albumin flux had increased during shock in our patient. Increased permeability may have been responsible.
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Groeneveld, A.B.J., Teule, G.J.J., Bronsveld, W. et al. Increased systemic microvascular albumin flux in septic shock. Intensive Care Med 13, 140–142 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00254801
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00254801