However, two RCTs, the Saline versus Albumin Fluid Evaluation (SAFE) and the Albumin Italian Outcome Sepsis (ALBIOS) study, as well as a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials, compared the effect of albumin and crystalloid use in patients with sepsis or septic shock, and showed a trend towards reduced mortality and improved outcomes in the albumin group, without observing serious side effects [ 63 , 64 , 65 ].
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In this study, CRT-guided resuscitation resulted in a significantly lower SOFA score at 72 h, and in a lower 28-day mortality that did not reach statistical significance.