Fig. 4

Plasma volume (PV) in healthy volunteers (n = 9, blue), in surgical patients with acute inflammation (n = 10, red), and in patients undergoing pancreatic resection (n = 9, green) as measured by ¹²³I-albumin and ¹²⁵I-albumin, respectively. To make groups more comparable the measured PVs are related to the anthropometrically calculated PVs [14]. Median values indicated by black lines. No difference in PV between the three groups was detected. HSA human serum albumin, Whipple pancreatic surgery