Use and abuse of albumin and plasma protein infusions in chronic protein depletion

From conflict to controversy: the use and abuse of human albumin solutions after the Second World War

“…On further investigation, however, it transpired that 'one or two units were given with almost any type of surgery', and HAS was commonly used 'to feed patients, improve wound healing, and as a general tonic'. 25 Similar prescribing practices were reported elsewhere, and it became 'abundantly clear' that clinicians largely administered albumin on 'questionable physiologic grounds . .…”