A comparison of albumin and saline for fluid resuscitation in the intensive care unit

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 350, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2247-2256

  Finfer, S ^o   Bellomo, R ^d   Boyce, N ^e   French, J ^a   Myburgh, J ^q   Norton, R ^a   Doig, G ^o   Hayek, M ^a   O'Donnell, S ^a   Bell, A ^m   Blythe, D ^f   Cade, J ⁿ   Chapman, M ^k   Cole, L ⁱ   Cooper, J ^b   Davies, A ^b   French, C ^r   Joyce, C ^j   McArthur, C ^c   MacMahon, S ^a   Neal, B ^a   Presneill, J ⁿ   Saul, P ^g   Seppelt, I ⁱ   Stephens, D ^l   Turner, A ^m   Williams, A ^h   Woolfe, C ^p   Peto, R ^s   Sandercock, P ^s   Sprung, C ^s   Young, D ^s   Lo, S K ^a   Sivarajasingham, S ^a   Francis, L ^a   Woodward, M ^a   Charlton, J ^b   Harry, C ^b   Higgins, L ^b   Moulden, K ^b   Vallance, S ^b   Chadderton, J ^c   Newby, L ^c   Bates, S ^d   Goldsmith, D ^d   Voss, A ^d   Palermo, A ^f   Jayne, K ^a   Merai, M ^a   Pandey, S ^a   Schmidt, M ^a   Carroll, R ^g   McFadyen, B ^g   Clarke, J ^h   Powell, J ^h   Tai, J ^h   Hynesova, I ⁱ   Weisbrodt, L ⁱ   Bradley, L ^j   Kelly, T ^j   Limpus, A ^j   Moore, R ^j   Creed, S ^k   Kaplan, S ^k   Rivett, J ^k   Thomas, J ^l   Marsden, K ^m   Boyce, C ⁿ   Howe, B ⁿ   Robertson, M ⁿ   O'Connor, A ^o   Potter, J ^o   Ramakrishnan, N ^o   Powell, C ^p   Rajbhandari, D ^p   Girling, K ^q   Hodgetts, M ^q   Jovanovska, A ^q   Little, L ^r   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^f FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

ⁱ NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^l ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^m ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁿ ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^o ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^p ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^q ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^r Western Hospital   (Australia)

^s NONE

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMEX; ALBUMIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926232888     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa040232     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Cochrane Injuries Group Albumin Reviewers. Human albumin administration in critically ill patients: systematic review of randomised controlled trials. BMJ 1998;317:235-40.
2. Choi PT, Yip G, Quinonez LG, Cook DJ. Crystalloids vs. colloids in fluid resuscitation: a systematic review. Crit Care Med 1999;27:200-10.
3. Wilkes MM, Navickis RJ. Patient survival after human albumin administration: a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. Ann Intern Med 2001;135:149-64.
4. Cook D, Guyatt G. Colloid use for fluid resuscitation: evidence and spin. Ann Intern Med 2001;135:205-8.
5. Whether albumin therapy improves or worsens survival of critically ill patients is not known. Ann Intern Med 2001;135:S-25.
6. Boldt J. New light on intravascular volume replacement regimens: what did we learn from the past three years? Anesth Analg 2003;97:1595-604.
7. Bunn F, Alderson P, Hawkins V. Colloid solutions for fluid resuscitation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003;1:CD001319.
8. Knaus WA, Draper BA, Wagner DP, Zimmerman JE. APACHE II: a severity of disease classification system. Crit Care Med 1985;13:818-29.
9. Bone RC, Balk RA, Cerra FB, et al. Definitions for sepsis and organ failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis. Chest 1992;101:1644-55.
10. Bernard GR, Artigas A, Brigham KL, et al. The American-European Consensus Conference on ARDS: definitions, mechanisms, relevant outcomes, and clinical trial coordination. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994;149:818-24.
11. Teasdale G, Jennett B. Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness: a practical scale. Lancet 1974;2:81-4.
12. Vincent JL, de Mendonca A, Cantraine F, et al. Use of the SOFA score to assess the incidence of organ dysfunction/failure in intensive care units: results of a multicenter, prospective study. Crit Care Med 1998;26:1793-800.
13. Woodward M. Epidemiology: study design and data analysis. Boca Raton, Fla.: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 1999.
14. Hebert PC, Wells G, Blajchman MA, et al. A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care. N Engl J Med 1999;340:409-17. [Erratum, 1999;340:1056.]
15. Collins R, MacMahon S. Reliable assessment of the effects of treatment on mortality and major morbidity. I. Clinical trials. Lancet 2001;357:373-80.
16. Narayan RK, Michel ME, Ansell B, et al. Clinical trials in head injury. J Neurotrauma 2002;19:503-57.