Albumin and brain injury: Time for a new approach?

The author comments on a study by Jungner et al on the use of fluid resuscitation with albumin in a cat model of meningitis, published in this issue of "Critical Care Medicine." The author noted that benefits of albumin over saline, particularly after traumatic brain injury and hemorrhagic shock. However, the author asserted that the study did not consider direct pathogen-host interaction.