The Evaluation of Albumin Utilization in a Teaching University Hospital in Iran

作者：Jahangard Rafsanjani Zahra; Javadi Mohammad Reza^*; Torkamandi Hassan; Alahyari Sara; Ta****z Azita Hajhossein; Gholami Kheirollah

来源：Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2011, 10(2): 385-390.

• Utilization evaluation
• Albumin
• Teaching hospital

The goal of this study was to evaluate the pattern and the suitability of the human Albumin usage according to the available and reliable guidelines.
A concurrent, cross-sectional study was performed in Shariati Hospital (associated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran). All inpatient adults that were prescribed albumin during the study period were evaluated to register the indications for albumin usage patients during the study period. The most common reasons to prescribe albumin were volume expansion after the heart surgery (53.3%), nutrition source in malnourished patients (19.3%), paracentesis (12.9%), plasmapheresis (9.6%), hypoalbuminemia (3%) and the others (2.1%). Only 411 vials (32.1%) prescribed with 34 prescriptions (25.2%) were utilized appropriately based on the guidelines.
The results showed that based on the guidelines, the most prescriptions of albumin in this hospital have not been written appropriately. Therefore, educational programs on using guidelines may help reduce albumin usage and treatment costs.

• 出版日期2011-6