| dc.contributor.author | Roberts, I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bunn, Frances | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-02-11T11:24:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-02-11T11:24:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Roberts , I & Bunn , F 2002 , ' Egg on their faces : The story of human albumin solution ' , Evaluation and the Health Professions , vol. 25 , no. 1 , pp. 130-138 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0163278702025001009 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0163-2787 | |
| dc.identifier.other | dspace: 2299/4256 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4256 | |
| dc.description | “The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Evaluation and the Health Professions, Vol 25 / Issue 1, 2002, Copyright SAGE Publications Ltd at : http://ehp.sagepub.com/ " DOI: 10.1177/0163278702025001009 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA] | |
| dc.description.abstract | In 1998, the Cochrane Injuries Group published the results of a systematic review of human albumin administration in critically ill patients. The results showed that the risk of death in patients receiving albumin was 14%, and the risk of death in patients not receiving albumin was 8%, suggesting that for every 17 critically ill patients treated with albumin there is one extra death. The results were widely reported in the television and print media throughout the world and stimulated an immediate response from the drug regulatory agencies, the plasma products industry, and the medical profession. Despite vigorous attempts by the plasma products industry to limit the effect of the systematic review on albumin sales, the use of albumin declined steeply, showing that evidence from systematic reviews can have an important effect on clinical care. | en |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Evaluation and the Health Professions | |
| dc.title | Egg on their faces : The story of human albumin solution | en |
| dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care | |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
| rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1177/0163278702025001009 | |
| rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
| herts.preservation.rarelyaccessed | true | |
