Fig. 2

Fractional synthesis rate (FSR) and absolute synthesis rate (ASR) of albumin in healthy volunteers (n = 10, blue), in surgical patients with acute inflammation (n = 10, red), and in patients undergoing pancreatic resection (n = 9, green) as measured by incorporation of d5-phenylalanine into protein. Median values indicated by black lines. Patients with acute inflammation were different from the two other groups for both aspects of the synthesis rate (P < 0.001). Whipple pancreatic surgery