Simon Finfer, Rinaldo Bellomo, John Myburgh, Robyn Norton
Finfer S, Bellomo R, Myburgh J, Norton R.
Efficacy of albumin in critically ill patients
Large trial in Australia and New Zealand may provide an answer
BMJ 2003; 326 :559
doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7389.559
Relevance in the trauma population?
One of the limitations of this study which concerns to us is the lack
of specific description of the type of patients selected to be in the
trial. The importance of this is that the physiology of the trauma patient
similates the physiology of the brain injury patient and the cardiac
patient as well. We question the relevance of your conclusions in the
trauma population specifically. Is it possible to gather information about
how many of those 6997 patients were trauma patients and if possible, are
the results equivalent?
Competing interests:
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