Publication Digests

Albumin infusion may decrease the incidence and severity of overt hepatic encephalopathy in liver cirrhosis

Is postoperative decrease of serum albumin an early predictor of complications after major abdominal surgery? A prospective cohort study in a European centre

A prospective cohort study in a European centre

Long-term albumin administration in decompensated cirrhosis (ANSWER): an open-label randomised trial

Understanding the harms of HES: a review of the evidence to date

Association between albumin administration and survival in cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study

Small volume resuscitation with 20% albumin in intensive care: physiological effects: The SWIPE randomised clinical trial

Long-term administration of human albumin improves survival in patients with cirrhosis and refractory ascites

Recruitment of extravascular fluid by hyperoncotic albumin

Restrictive versus liberal fluid therapy for major abdominal surgery

Albumin use in decompensated cirrhosis

Postoperative renal dysfunction after noncardiac surgery

Effect of 0.9% saline or Plasma-Lyte 148 as crystalloid fluid therapy in the intensive care unit on blood product use and postoperative bleeding after cardiac surgery

The effectiveness of prehospital hypertonic saline for hypotensive trauma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hydroxyethyl-starch solutions and patient harm

Hydroxyethyl-starch solutions for infusion to be suspended CMDh endorses PRAC recommendation

The EMA Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) recommends against hydroxyethyl-starch (HES) solutions for infusion

AISF-SIMTI Position Paper: The appropriate use of albumin in patients with liver cirrhosis

Goal's directed fluid restriction during brain surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial

Albumin treatment regimen for type 1 hepatorenal syndrome: a dose response meta-analysis

Causal relationship between hypoalbuminemia and acute kidney injury

Patterns of intravenous fluid resuscitation use in adult intensive care patients between 2007 and 2014: An international cross-sectional study

Early goal-directed therapy for septic shock a patient-level meta-analysis

Fluid management in sepsis: The potential beneficial effects of albumin

Impact of intravenous fluid composition on outcomes in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Albumin in burn shock resuscitation: a meta-analysis of controlled clinical studies

Effect of exogenous albumin on the incidence of postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery with a preoperative albumin level of less than 4.0 g/dl

Fluid resuscitation in sepsis: A systemic review and meta-analysis

Human albumin in the management of complications of liver cirrhosis

Implementation of goal-directed fluid therapy during hip revision arthroplasty: a matched cohort study

Perioperative intravenous fluid prescribing: a multi-centre audit