Journal article
Furosemide and Albumin for Diuresis of Edema (FADE): A parallel-group, blinded, pilot randomized controlled trial
Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess the feasibility of a trial evaluating whether hyperoncotic albumin, in addition to diuretics, improves diuresis and facilitates liberation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We randomized 46 hemodynamically stable patients with hypoalbuminemia, prescribed diuretics by treating clinicians, to receive 100 mL of 25% albumin or 0.9% saline placebo BID, for three days, in blinded fashion. …
Authors
Oczkowski SJW; Klotz L; Mazzetti I; Alshamsi F; Chen ML; Foster G; Meade MO; Hamielec C
Journal
Journal of Critical Care, Vol. 48, , pp. 462–467
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2018
DOI
10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.07.020
ISSN
0883-9441