albunin and vasopressor

[keitra]

What is the difference between albumin and vasopressor in'The doctor intended to give the baby the blood product albumin to increase circulation of the vasopressor/'?

[David H]

I'm not a doctor and have no books handy, but : Albumin is a product that (as far as I know) as well as being in eggs, is also in blood. But if in urine you've got a problem. A vasopressor is a description of an action on circulation, caused either by a drug or a natural bodily secretion such as albumin. So the basic answer is albumin, which is a natural product, was used by the doctor as a vasopressor to improve (normalise) circulation.

[craig_edward]

Albumin is a protein synthesised by the liver. It has many physiological functions. As it is quite a large protein, it is unable to escape from the capillaries and it acts to increase the osmotic potential of the blood - drawing water from the tissue back into the blood and preventing it from leaving the blood. It maybe used in hospital as an alternative to giving blood... it will act to raise the baby's blood pressure.

[incitatus]

ummm.grammar guys. it is quite clear that in this sentence albumin is being used to help move a vasopressor around the baby. as a potentiator. take out the long words and insert thing a for albumin, movement for circulation and thing b for vasopressor. this is assuming that the sentence was written in english btw.