Reappraising the role of albumin for resuscitation

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 315-320

  Finfer, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

albumin; fluid therapy; hypovolemia; resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HUMAN ALBUMIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACIDOSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLOID; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SHOCK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84880923073     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3283632e42     Document Type: Review

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