Quinlan 2004.
Methods | Prospective, randomised, placebo‐controlled study. | |
Participants | Patients meeting the American European Consensus criteria for acute lung injury. | |
Interventions | 1) Intervention (n=10) received albumin (25g of a 25% solution) every 8 hrs for a total of nine doses. 2) Control (n=10) received normal saline administered in identical fashion and volume. | |
Outcomes | Deaths noted. | |
Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | "Patients were randomized to receive 25g of human albumin every 8 hrs or a placebo (normal saline, administered in a double‐blind fashion and targeted to normalization of serum total protein." p. 755 ‐ 756. |