Hypovolemic shock; adjunct in hemodialysis & cardiopulmonary bypass procedures. 5%: Severe hypoalbuminemia. 20% & 25%: Adult resp distress syndrome; major injury or surgery resulting in increased albumin loss or inadequate synthesis; acute nephrosis not responding to cyclophosphamide or steroid therapy; acute liver failure or ascites. In conjunction w/ exchange transfusion in the treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.