ALB and Hypervolemia: Individuals with fluid overload were more frequently treated with mechanical ventilation (70.7% versus 50.8%), received 20% albumin therapy more frequently (74.7% versus 55.2%), had a tendency towards a greater need for renal replacement therapy (22.2% versus 13.1%), and their mortality levels were higher, with 54.5% compared to 35.0% among unexposed patients (p = 0.004).