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#6 The Wonderful World of Albumin: Mind the Gap segment

Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

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The Effects of Albumin on Plasma Volume

Citations suggest that 5% albumin is about equivalent to four times its weight in crystalloid. So using that four times calculation, one unit of 5%albumin is approximately one liter of crystalloid. A 50 kilogram person would need 75 grams of albumin for every liters of fluid they use at Bellevue Hospital.

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