Colloid Osmotic Pressure(COP)와 중환자의 예후와의 관계에 대한 실험적 연구

Abstract

The relationship between colloid osmotic pressure (COP) and the outcome of pulmonary edema in 20 critically ill patients who were admitted and treated in RICU, Seoul National University Hospital was evaluated from January to July, 1980. The COP value in 17 non-pulmonary edema patients was 19.6±2. 56 (S.D.) mmHg and that in 3 pulmonary edema patients was 13.O±O. 37 (S.D.) mmHg (p<0.05). The pulmonary edema was diagnosed by clinical signs, auscultations and chest X-ray findings. The values of protein and albumin in non-pulmonary edema group were 7. 4±0. 73 (S.D.) and 4.1± O. 77(S.D.) mg%, respectively and those of pulmonary edema group were 4. 6±0. 45(S.D.) and 2. 6±0. 26 (S.D.) mg%, with significant differences between 2 groups (p<0.05). 3 pulmonary edema patients were treated vigorously and were eventually discharged after recovery from pulmonary edema.