Analysis of Utilization of Human Serum Albumin in a Hospital in the First Quarter of 2006

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the utilization of human serum albumin in a hospital.METHODS:The utilization of human serum albumin in a hospital in the first quarter of 2006 was reviewed analytically using hospital computer database system.RESULTS:Human serum albumin was used in 55 departments for 17 categories of diseases,mainly for critical patients,with a common individual consumption quantity ranged from 10 g to 20 g.Most(51.10%) of the patients used this drug on account of hypoproteinemia,and most of them had a baseline serum albumin level at 21～30 g·L-1 before using human serum albumin.CONCLUSION:Human serum albumin was used extensively in the hospital.But its use is sometimes irrational because some physicians didn't familiarize the real indications for using human albumin,which should be intervened urgently.