Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/10934
Title: Effects of saline or albumin resuscitation on standard coagulation tests.
Austin Authors: Bellomo, Rinaldo ;Morimatsu, Hiroshi;Presneill, Jeff;French, Craig J;Cole, Louise;Story, David A ;Uchino, Shigehiko;Naka, Toshio;Finfer, Simon;Cooper, David James;Myburgh, John
Institutional Author: SAFE Study Investigators
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group
Affiliation: Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date: 1-Dec-2009
Publication information: Critical Care and Resuscitation; 11(4): 250-6
Abstract: To explore whether fluid resuscitation with normal saline or 4% albumin is associated with differential changes in routine clinical coagulation tests.Substudy from a large double-blind randomised controlled trial, the SAFE (Saline versus Albumin Fluid Evaluation) study.Three general intensive care units.Cohort of 687 critically ill patients.We randomly allocated patients to receive either 4% human albumin or normal saline for fluid resuscitation, and collected demographic and haematological data.Albumin was administered to 338 patients and saline to 349. At baseline, the two groups had similar mean activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) of 37.2 s (albumin) v 39.1 s (saline); mean international normalised ratio (INR) of 1.38 v 1.34, and mean platelet count of 244 x 10(9)/L v 249 x 10(9)/L. After randomisation, during the first day of treatment, the APTT in the albumin group was prolonged by a mean of 2.7 s, but shortened slightly by a mean of -0.9 s in the saline group. The INR did not change in either group, while the platelet count decreased transiently in both groups. Using multivariate analysis of covariance to account for baseline coagulation status, albumin fluid resuscitation (P = 0.01) and a greater overall volume of resuscitation (P = 0.03) were independently associated with prolongation of APTT during the first day.Administration of albumin or of larger fluid volumes is associated with a prolongation of APTT. In ICU patients, the choice and amount of resuscitation fluid may affect a routinely used coagulation test.
Gov't Doc #: 20001872
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/10934
Journal: Critical Care and Resuscitation
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20001872
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Aged
Albumins.adverse effects
Blood Coagulation.drug effects
Female
Fluid Therapy.adverse effects
Humans
Intensive Care
International Normalized Ratio
Male
Middle Aged
Partial Thromboplastin Time
Plasma Substitutes.adverse effects
Platelet Count
Sodium Chloride.adverse effects
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