Relation between lowered colloid osmotic pressure, respiratory failure, and death
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Critical Care Medicine
- Vol. 5 (5) , 239-240
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-197709000-00006
Abstract
Plasma colloid osmotic pressure was measured each day in 84 intensive care unit patients. Probit analysis demonstrated a direct relationship between colloid osmotic pressure (COP) and survival. The COP associated with a 50% survival rate was 15.0 torr. COP was higher in survivors than in nonsurvivors without respiratory failure and in patients who recovered from respiratory failure. We conclude that lowered COP is associated with an elevated mortality rate. However, the relationship to death is not explained by the relationship to respiratory failure.Keywords
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