Albumin in Critical Care — Use, Abuse, or Misuse

摘要: Albumin is a small highly symmetric, slightly heterogeneous protein weighing 67,000 daltons with high cysteine content, composed of single chain 584 amino acids quaternary helix-like structure. The center the molecule made up hydrophobic radicals, which are binding sites for many ligands. outer part hydrophilic radicals. relatively in terms space, but its size sufficient to prevent it from crossing capillary membrane [1].