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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Impact of albumin compared to saline on organ function and mortality of patients with severe sepsis |
Author: | SAFE Study Investigators, |
Citation: | Intensive Care Medicine, 2011; 37(1):86-96 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 0342-4642 1432-1238 |
Statement of Responsibility: | The writing committee (Simon Finfer, Suzanne McEvoy, Rinaldo Bellomo, Colin McArthur, John Myburgh, and Robyn Norton) takes responsibility for the content of this article. |
Abstract: | Purpose: To determine the effect of random assignment to fluid resuscitation with albumin or saline on organ function and mortality in patients with severe sepsis. Methods: Pre-defined subgroup analysis of a randomized controlled trial conducted in the intensive care units of 16 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. Results: Of 1,218 patients with severe sepsis at baseline, 603 and 615 were assigned to receive albumin and saline, respectively. The two groups had similar baseline characteristics. During the first 7 days mean arterial pressure was similar in the two groups, but patients assigned albumin had a lower heart rate on days 1 and 3 (p = 0.002 and p = 0.03, respectively) and a higher central venous pressure on days 1–3 (p < 0.005 each day). There was no difference in the renal or total Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score of the two groups; 113/603 (18.7%) of patients assigned albumin were treated with renal replacement therapy compared to 112/615 (18.2%) assigned saline (p = 0.98). The unadjusted relative risk of death for albumin versus saline was 0.87 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.74–1.02] for patients with severe sepsis and 1.05 (0.94–1.17) for patients without severe sepsis (p = 0.06 for heterogeneity). From multivariate logistic regression analysis adjusting for baseline factors in patients with complete baseline data (919/1,218, 75.5%), the adjusted odds ratio for death for albumin versus saline was 0.71 (95% CI: 0.52–0.97; p = 0.03). Conclusions: Administration of albumin compared to saline did not impair renal or other organ function and may have decreased the risk of death. |
Keywords: | Critical care; Fluid therapy; Sepsis; Mortality; Multicenter randomized clinical trial |
Description: | Marianne Chapman is one of the SAFE Study Investigators. |
Rights: | © Copyright jointly held by Springer and ESICM 2010 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00134-010-2039-6 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-2039-6 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Medicine publications |
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