Albumin has no benefit over saline in the critically ill

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 599-600

  Pettilä, Ville ^a,c   Ruokonen, E ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Meilahti Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ASCITES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAUMATIC SHOCK;

ALBUMINS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPOVOLEMIA; RESEARCH DESIGN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 17844396486     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00711.x     Document Type: Editorial

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