Albumin infusion in hospitalized patients with acute heart failure: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heart failure is frequently associated with hypoalbuminaemia and poor prognosis. Acute heart failure (AHF) patients are commonly treated with intravenous albumin to improve osmotic pressure and haemodynamics. However, the effects of exogenous albumin supplementation on the fatality rate of AHF patients have not yet been demonstrated. Therefore, the present study strived to examine the impacts of albumin injections on the mortality rate of patients with AHF.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study evaluated the clinical outcomes of all consecutive hospitalized patients. Data were collected from medical records. The primary end-point was a composite of intubation, emergency renal replacement, or mortality in a time-to-event analysis. An inverse probability-weighted

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9356412 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature