Why the study?
Does intravenous albumin infusion improve postoperative outcomes in adults with preoperative hypoalbuminemia undergoing surgical intervention?
Population
Adults with preoperative hypoalbuminemia undergoing surgical intervention
Design
Review
Authors
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Do not routinely correct preoperative hypoalbuminemia with albumin; leaves open whether it is a causal target versus prognostic marker in select surgical populations.
Does intravenous albumin infusion improve postoperative outcomes in adults with preoperative hypoalbuminemia undergoing surgical intervention?
While preoperative hypoalbuminemia is a prognostic marker for poor surgical outcomes, interventions to correct it such as intravenous albumin infusion do not improve clinical outcomes.
Kim et al. (2017) studied this question.
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