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Caution with human serum albumin in severe traumatic brain injury is advised because a post-hoc follow-up study of critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury associated albumin fluid resuscitation with higher mortality than saline resuscitation, although the underlying mechanisms are unclear.
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- Octalbin 20%, 200 g/l, solution for infusionOctapharma Limited · emc · SmPC §4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use · Version 1Document updated
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