Albumin therapy in clinical practice

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 314-320

  Mendez, Christian M ^a   McClain, Craig J ^a   Marsano, Luis S ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; DEXTRAN; SERUM ALBUMIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; ALBUMINOID;

ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BURN; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLOID; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE PERFUSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LIVER DISEASE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALBUMINS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; LIVER DISEASES; META-ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944472335     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0115426505020003314     Document Type: Review

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