Albumin is a protein produced in the liver. It has many functions, but the most important is to keep the level of fluid in the blood vessels constant. Albumin, measured in the blood, must represent 50 to 60% of plasma proteins – that is, values between 3.5 and 5g per 100 ml of blood. The correlation between albumin X available plasma water … Read more
At some point in your career, you have probably dealt with a patient who was hyperventilating. Problems with excessive ventilation during ACLS Commonly, this corresponds to a respiratory rate greater than 20 breaths per minute. When breaths become much faster than this, oxygen levels drop and the patient begins to feel disoriented or dizzy. However, … Read more
Burning more calories can help you lose and maintain a healthy weight. Exercising and eating the right foods are two effective ways to do this — but you can also boost the number of calories you burn in more unusual ways. Blink. Blinking is an exercise. For every blink, you burn 2 calories. Your metabolic … Read more
Fact: Blood donation does not cause weight gain. In fact, the process your body undergoes to replace the blood or plasma that you donate actually burns additional calories. While this calorie burn is not significant or frequent enough to actually cause weight loss, it certainly does not cause any weight gain, either. Is donating plasma … Read more
