Question

1)patient has low serum albumin with dependent edema. he is to receive 2 units of seeum albumin iv. the reason for this is given to

a)decrease bp
b)improve nutrition
c)lower hydrostatic pressure
d)pull water back into the vascular bed

a) after receiving the albumin will the patients urine output increase or decrease??

b) after receiving the albumin what will happen to the colloid osmotic pressure??

Answer 1

The answer is

1) patient has low serum albumin with dependent edema. he is to recieve 2 units of serum albumin iv the reason for this is given to pull water back into the vascular bed.

when the level of albumin in the blood is low, water may leave the blood vessels and collect in the tissues. water in the tissue leads to edema.

The remaining answers are wrong

serum albumin 2 units wont leads to decrease bp or improve nutrition or lower hydrostatic pressure.

hypoalbuminemia leads to hypovolemia and circulatory collapse secondary to decrease collapse but here dependent edema also present

2) after recieving albumin the urine out put will increase because albumin helps to suck fluid out from the tissues, and keep it in the blood vessels then it can be filtered in the kidney and remove through urine

3) after recieving the albumin the colloid osmotic pressure also will increase. albumin produces the largest fraction of colloid osmotic pressure which helpsto hold water within the vascular pressure.