Fig. 1
Plasma albumin concentration over time. a Healthy volunteers (n = 9). b Surgical patients with acute inflammation (n = 10). c Patients undergoing pancreatic resection (n = 9). Green area, albumin synthesis measurements; gray area, measurement of the TER and PV. x axes are not linear and are different in the three panels. In c T 1 denotes the start of the reconstruction phase during surgery, 277 ± 94 min after the beginning of the surgical procedure. Concentrations of all individual patients are given in the three panels and the median values are indicated (red line). On a group level, plasma albumin concentration was stable in healthy subjects and patients with acute inflammation, while plasma albumin concentration decreased until the start of the reconstruction phase during pancreatic surgery. P-albumin plasma albumin, Whipple pancreatic surgery