Should IV Albumin Be Used for Volume Resuscitation in Sepsis/Septic Shock?

09/06/2016 35 min
Should IV Albumin Be Used for Volume Resuscitation in Sepsis/Septic Shock?

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Episode Synopsis

In this month's podcast, Pietro Caironi, MD, and Angel O. Coz Yataco, MD, FCCP take on the Point/Counterpoint topic with CHEST Podcast Editor, D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP. Dr. Caironi takes the "Yes" side, arguing that albumin has been shown to correct for hypoalbumenia in patients with sepsis. Dr. Coz Yataco takes the opposing view that mortality rates are not shown to improve and that the cost is high.

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