Editing IV fluids (section)

== Colloid fluids ==

* A particulate solution with particles that do not dissolve completely. In clinical terms, this is a fluid with solutes that cannot pass into the interstitium, and hence create a colloid osmotic pressure/oncotic pressure to hold water in the vascular compartment.
* Albumin solutions
** Usually given as 250mL of 5%, or 50-100mL of 25%
** Volume effect begins to dissipate at 6 hours, and can be lost after 12 hours
** 5% is safe to use as a resuscitation fluid, and may outperform crystalloids where hypovolaemia is secondary to blood loss (although, should just give blood)
** The 25% solution draws fluid intravascularly from interstitial space, and therefore shouldn't be used for volume resuscitation, but may be useful in situations where hypovolaemia is the result of hypoalbuminaemia


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