Twenty-five percent human serum albumin (HSA) is a foreign protein and can potentially
cause immune-mediated reactions. For this reason, the author only recommends 25% HSA …

Objectives–To describe the administration of 5% human serum albumin (HSA) in 588
critically ill hypoalbuminemic dogs and cats, and report outcome to discharge, changes in …

Several albumin solutions are available for volume expansion. Hyper-oncotic solutions (≥
20%) are more effective than hypo-oncotic (≤ 5%) as they recruit endogenous extracellular …

Therapies to prevent severe neonatal unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus are
phototherapy and, in unresponsive cases, exchange transfusion, which has significant …

Objective: To describe a method of rapid fluid removal in children with anasarca and the
acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to sepsis or the systemic …

Background. Many complications occur after surgery in patients with spinal tuberculosis
(STB); however, the severity varies in different patients. The complications' severity is …

Fluid and electrolyte disturbances are common among children and fluid management is
critical to the successful care of a wide range of pediatric conditions. This chapter outlines …

This review article covers basic physiology underlying the clinical use of natural and artificial
colloids as well as provide practice recommendations. It also touches on the recent scrutiny …

To reduce stressful situations in a newborn foal, especially in veterinary setting, it is
important to familiarize foals with human handling at earliest opportunity. A handler can …

Background: The open abdomen (OA), an intentional lack of fascial closure following
abdominal cavity opening, is utilized for various indications among surgical-trauma patients …