Talk:Oncotic pressure

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 31 August 2021 and 16 December 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): GreyCanary21. Peer reviewers: SamLovesScience, AJclarifies.

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Proposed changes[edit]

I am planning to work on this stub for a university assignment. I'd be happy to add images, background information, examples of its presence in biological systems, history, and whatever else you all suggest! Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by GreyCanary21 (talk • contribs) 05:13, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

impression[edit]

I was under the impression that oncotic pressure is simply another name for "colloidal osmotic pressure." I thought it was defined as the osmotic pressure exerted by colloids in a solution. Can anyone verify this?

I thought so too, but I'm not sure enough of it to change it --LasseFolkersen (talk) 10:06, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I changed it. It is definetly the same. Found more than one article on pubmed mentioning stuff like "plasma colloid osmotic (oncotic) pressure"... see for example this paper. --LasseFolkersen (talk) 10:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is it really represented by the symbol for pi?[edit]

125.236.168.115 (talk) 22:50, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Ante lan ^talk 16:55, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note that it's upper case pi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.186.205.89 (talk) 04:44, 31 August 2010 (UTC) plasma ontoc pressue — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.149.12.220 (talk) 17:26, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ambigous connection[edit]

The last (2 sentence) paragraph on IV drips seems only vaguely connected with the article. Could someone make the connection more explicit? Guotai (talk) 13:42, 31 October 2012 (UTC)Kent Johnson[reply]

Word derivation[edit]

It would be nice to have a word derivation for the word 'oncotic', which does not appear in my regular dictionaries.

There is a claimed derivation here: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/oncotic and I'm still thinking about whether it's satisfying. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArthurDent006.5 (talk • contribs) 08:34, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Human Osmotic Pressure[edit]

Normal osmotic pressure is 280-296mOsM (the article says 300), according to Silverthorn's Human Physiology, and blood colloid osmotic pressure/oncotic pressure is given in mmHg (usually 25 mmHg) according to Silverthorn) and is a driving force. The last part of the article needs some revision I think.