Propensity matching cannot substitute for randomization in albumin studies

Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wiedermann, Christian J ^a   Wiedermann, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HETASTARCH; ALBUMINOID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LETTER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ALBUMINS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE;

EID: 84928527313     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-015-0786-z     Document Type: Letter

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