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Comparison of patients who received albumin and those who did not |
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| All patients (n = 3,147) |
Albumin (n = 354) |
No albumin (n = 2,793) |
p value |
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| SOFA score, mean ± SD |
5.2 ± 3.9 |
7.2 ± 4.2 |
4.9 ± 3.8 |
<0.001 |
| Sepsis syndromes (%) |
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| Sepsis |
765 (24.3) |
128 (36.2) |
637 (22.8) |
<0.001 |
| Severe sepsis |
549 (17.4) |
109 (30.8) |
440 (15.8) |
<0.001 |
| Septic shock |
241 (7.7) |
60 (16.9) |
181 (6.5) |
<0.001 |
| Procedures (%) |
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| Mechanical ventilation |
1,853 (58.9) |
269 (76.0) |
1,584 (56.7) |
<0.001 |
| Pulmonary artery catheter |
378 (12.0) |
74 (20.9) |
304 (10.9) |
<0.001 |
| Hemofiltration |
82 (2.6) |
23 (6.5) |
59 (2.1) |
<0.001 |
| Hemodialysis |
57 (1.8) |
13 (3.7) |
44 (1.6) |
0.005 |
| Organ failure (%) |
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| Respiratory |
705 (22.4) |
111 (31.4) |
594 (21.3) |
<0.001 |
| Cardiovascular |
784 (24.9) |
156 (44.1) |
628 (22.5) |
<0.001 |
| Coagulation |
158 (5.0) |
42 (11.9) |
116 (4.2) |
<0.001 |
| Hepatic |
89 (2.8) |
19 (5.4) |
70 (2.5) |
0.002 |
| Renal |
562 (17.9) |
76 (21.5) |
486 (17.4) |
0.060 |
| Neurological |
681 (21.6) |
71 (20.1) |
610 (21.8) |
0.443 |
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Sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, sepsis syndromes, procedures, and organ failure (SOFA > 2) in patients who did and did not receive albumin compared with admission values for patients who did not receive albumin. | ||||
Vincent et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R745 doi:10.1186/cc3895 |
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