Wonderful albumin?
- 8 April 1995
- Vol. 310 (6984) , 887-888
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6984.887
Abstract
Common reasons for using albumin rather than synthetic alternatives are generally clinical associations and beliefs related to the importance of hypoalbuminaemia. Hypoalbuminaemia is associated with a poor surgical outcome and a longer stay in hospital and is a marker of higher risk in critically ill patients. It is associated with oedema and, …Keywords
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