Volume 149, Issue 6, Pages 1365-1367 (June 2016) POINT: Should Intravenous Albumin Be Used for Volume Resuscitation in Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock? Yes  Pietro Caironi, MD  CHEST  Volume 149, Issue 6, Pages 1365-1367 (June 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.03.048 Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Association between serum albumin concentration at the time of randomization and 90-day mortality in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock enrolled in the Albumin Italian Outcome Sepsis (ALBIOS) study.3 Data are expressed as percentages and were available for 1,609 patients (from the first to the last group: 443, 492, 448, and 226 patients). As shown, the higher the degree of hypoalbuminemia, the higher the probability of death. CHEST 2016 149, 1365-1367DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2016.03.048) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions