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Developments in fluid therapy

Crystalloids: an overview

Synthetic colloids: an overview

Indications and clinical benefits

Infographic: key events

Management of liver disease

Benefits in the ICU

Advantages in cardiac surgery

Pharmacoeconomic perspectives on fluid therapy

Educational handbook

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Key commentary

Association of serum albumin level with incidence and mortality of overt hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis during hospitalization

Ther Adv Gastroenterol 2019;12:1–14

The cost-effectiveness of albumin in the treatment of decompensated cirrhosis in Germany, Italy, and Spain

Health Econ Rev 2019;9(1):22

Fluid management in sepsis

J Intensive Care Med 2019;34(5):364–73

Paracentesis-induced circulatory dysfunction with modest-volume paracentesis is partly ameliorated by albumin infusion in ACLF

Hepatology 2019;Dec 17: doi: 10.1002/hep.31071

20% Human Albumin Solution Fluid Bolus Administration Therapy in Patients After Cardiac Surgery (the HAS FLAIR Study)

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2019;33(11):2920–7.

Long intravascular persistence of 20% albumin in postoperative patients

Anesth Analg 2019;129(5):1232–9

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

Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth 2018;65:1218–27

Does fluid type and amount affect kidney function in critical illness?

Crit Care Clin 2018;34(2):279–98

Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock, 2012

Intensive Care Med 2013;39(2):165–228

Editorial: Moving albumin into the small volume resuscitation era

Intensive Care Med 2018;44(11):1967–9

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

Intensive Care Med 2018;44(11):1797–806

Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016

Intensive Care Med 2017;43(3):304–77

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

Liver Int 2019;39:98–105

Comment: Long-term albumin in cirrhosis: is it the ANSWER?

Lancet 2018;391(10138):2391–2

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

Lancet 2018;391(10138):2417–29

The role of albumin in pre-liver transplant management

Liver Transpl 2019;25(1):128–34

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of patients with decompensated cirrhosis

J Hepatol 2018;69(2):406–60

Fluid volume kinetics of 20% albumin

Br J Clin Pharmacol 2019;85(6):1303–11

Changes in colloid solution sales in Nordic countries

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2018;62(4):522–30

Recruitment of extravascular fluid by hyperoncotic albumin

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2018;62(9):1255–60

Fluid management in the critically ill

Kidney Int 2019;96(1):52–7

Fluid management practices after surgery for congenital heart disease: A worldwide survey

Pediatr Crit Care Med 2019;20(4):357–64

Chinese guidelines on the management of ascites and its related complications in cirrhosis

Hepatol Int 2019;13(1):1–21

Efficacy and safety of 20% albumin fluid loading in healthy subjects: A comparison of four resuscitation fluids

J Appl Physiol (1985) 2019;126(6):1646–60

Crystalloids vs. colloids for fluid resuscitation in the Intensive Care Unit: A systematic review and meta-analysis

J Crit Care 2019;50:144–54

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

Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim 2019;47(2):81–91

Educational slides

Assessing the quality of data: A brief guide

Hypoalbuminaemia

Hypoalbuminaemia in the perioperative period

Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) for volume replacement

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines 2018

ANSWER: Albumin for the treatmeNt of aScites in patients With hEpatic ciRrhosis

Albumin: A protein with a multitude of functions

Albumin in hepatology: an educational slide set

Albumin in cardiac surgery

Fluid resuscitation in sepsis: The use of albumin

Webcast: Christian Wiedermann, MD

Webcast: Alexey Schramko MD PhD

Webcast: Professor Mauro Bernardi