In my opinion, the hydration of tissues determines the colloid osmotic pressure of blood, this pressure being but an intermediary between the different tissues 1.

Albumin helps maintain the colloid osmotic pressure of the blood. It is the smallest in size among the plasma proteins but makes up the largest percentage. The colloid osmotic pressure of the ...

The interstitial compartment of the extracellular fluid volume in the brain will expand if there is an increase in capillary hydrostatic pressure, a decrease in plasma colloid osmotic pressure ...

Plasma volume expanders - crystalloid, colloid or a mixture of both - are used to restore ... more easily in the intravascular space (Kwan et al, 2003) and increase osmotic pressure (Bradley, 2001).

Specimens of blood and urine were also obtained ... increased during the initial two hours despite both osmotic and colloidal oncotic pressure gradients favoring movement of water out of the ...

Double-label blood volume measurement for whole body ... Fluid balance and colloid osmotic pressure in acute respiratory failure: emerging clinical evidence. Crit Care. 2000;4(suppl 2):S21-25.

Colloids have physiologic advantages in maintaining colloid osmotic pressure, but suffer from higher ... by induced coagulopathy and altered blood viscosity. Without clear evidence to guide ...