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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants in the 20% albumin infusion study

From: Fast versus slow infusion of 20% albumin: a randomized controlled cross-over trial in volunteers

Variable

Fast infusion

Slow infusion

p-value

Plasma volume expansion (mL/kg)

       0.5 h

5.4 ± 2.2

1.5 ± 1.6

0.001

       2 h

4.2 ± 2.6

4.9 ± 1.6

0.46

       6 h

2.5 ± 2.4

2.5 ± 2.5

0.92

AUC excess albumin (g min/kg)

       0–2 h

50.3 (40.5–58.2)

28.2 (24.8–31.8)

0.003

Half-life albumin mass (h)

8.0 (5.4–11.6)

6.3 (4.4–8.4)

0.028

AUC ∆plasma volume (L min/kg)

      0–2 h

0.44 (0.40–0.65)

0.26 (0.19–0.42)

0.034

      0–6 h

1.08 (0.73–1.90)

0.97 (0.67–1.68)

0.31

Half-life plasma volume (h)

5.6 (3.4–7.7)

5.4 (2.0–10.1)

0.347

Colloid osmotic pressure (mmHg), 0 min

25.0 ± 1.0

25.1 ± 1.4

0.85

Recruited extravascular fluid (mL/mL)1

3.1 ± 1.3

3.1 ± 1.4

0.84

Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)

       0 h

92 ± 11

93 ± 10

0.71

       1 h

90 ± 15

91 ± 8

0.73

     2.5 h

90 ± 12

91 ± 11

0.71

       6 h

94 ± 13

94 ± 10

0.96

Thrombocytes (109/L)

       0 h

201 ± 50

190 ± 37

0.10

       6 h

193 ± 46

182 ± 41

0.02

Plasma sodium (mmol/L)

      0 h

141.3 ± 2.0

141.0 ± 1.6

0.61

      6 h

142.1 ± 1.7

141.6 ± 1.8

0.36

Plasma potassium (mmol/L)

      0 h

3.9 ± 0.3

3.9 ± 0.2

0.68

     6 h

3.9 ± 0.2

3.9 ± 0.2

0.55

Serum creatinine (µmol/L)

     0 h

85 ± 14

85 ± 14

0.94

     6 h

78 ± 13

79 ± 14

0.54

Urinary creatinine (mmol/L)

     0 h

15.1 ± 6.3

14.0 ± 4.5

0.30

     6 h

9.5 ± 5.9

9.9 ± 4.4

0.82

  1. Data are the mean ± SD or median (interquartile range)
  2. AUC = area under the curve. 1 for this calculation, see reference [6]