Table 1.

Plasma albumin, total protein, plasma osmolality, plasma sodium and haematocrit values before and after the infusion of hypertonic albumin solution

	Before albumin infusion	After albumin infusion
Plasma albumin (g dl−1)	3.6 ± 0.1	5.0 ± 0.1†
Plasma total protein (g dl−1)	4.6 ± 0.2	6.1 ± 0.2†
Plasma osmolality (mosmol kg−1)	307.7 ± 6.7	320.3 ± 9.7
Plasma sodium (mmol l−1)	143.8 ± 3.0	144.5 ± 1.7
Haematocrit (%)	32.2 ± 1.5	28.8 ± 0.9

^†Significantly higher than the corresponding value before albumin infusion (P < 0.01, t test).