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- Title
Efficacy of furosemide-albumin compared with furosemide in critically ill hypoalbuminemia patients admitted to intensive care unit: a prospective randomized clinical trial.
- Authors
Mahmoodpoor, Ata; Zahedi, Sahra; Pourakbar, Arezou; Hamishehkar, Hamed; Shadvar, Kamran; Asgharian, Parina; Shahabi, Farnaz; Hamishehkar, Hadi
- Abstract
Background: Some physicians co-administer albumin with loop diuretics to overcome diuretic resistance in critically ill hypoalbuminemia patients, though previous studies have reported conflicting results on this matter. Objective: The effects of adding albumin to furosemide to enhance its efficacy in critically ill hypoalbuminemia patients are evaluated. Methods: This was a non-blinded randomized trial. 49 adult critically ill patients with hypoalbuminemia and generalized edema who received randomly furosemide and furosemide/albumin complex were enrolled. The patients' urine was collected at intervals of 2, 4, 6 and 8 h after initiation of the furosemide treatment, and the urine output and urinary excretion of furosemide and sodium were measured. The urinary excretion of furosemide was considered an indicator of drug efficacy. Results: The amount of sodium and furosemide excreted in urine showed no significant differences between the two groups; however, the mean of the urinary excretion of furosemide in the first 2 h after drug infusion was significantly higher (p = 0.03) in the furosemide/albumin group. No significant correlation between APACHE II scores and serum albumin levels and the urinary excretion of furosemide was seen. Conclusion: The results indicated that there is not statistically significant differences between groups with furosemide alone and combined with albumin in urinary furosemide excretion. It seems that adding albumin for furosemide pharmacotherapy regime is not recommended as an intervention to increase furosemide efficacy in critically ill hypoalbuminemia patients. Trial registration: IRCT with the registration number IRCT201412132582N12 in 23 February 2015; https://en.irct.ir/trial/2356
- Subjects
APACHE (Disease classification system); BLOOD protein disorders; CRITICALLY ill; DRUG efficacy; EDEMA; FUROSEMIDE; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; INTENSIVE care units; PATIENTS; STATISTICAL sampling; SERUM albumin; SODIUM; ALBUMINS; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; TREATMENT effectiveness; EVALUATION; ADULTS
- Publication
DARU: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020, Vol 28, p263
- ISSN
1560-8115
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s40199-020-00339-8