Annals of internal medicine
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Meta Analysis
Patient survival after human albumin administration. A meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials.
To test the hypothesis that albumin administration is not associated with excess mortality. ⋯ Overall, no effect of albumin on mortality was detected; any such effect may therefore be small. This finding supports the safety of albumin. The influence of methodologic quality on relative risk for death suggests the need for further well-designed clinical trials.