Hydroxyethyl Starch or Saline for Fluid Resuscitation in Intensive Care

Myburgh, John; Finfer, Simon; Bellomo, Rinaldo; Billot, Laurent; Cass, Alan; Gattas, David; Glass, Parisa; Lipman, Jeffrey; Liu, Bette; McArthur, Colin; McGuinness, Shay; Rajbhandari, Dorrilyn; Taylor, Colman; A. R. Webb, S.

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1209759

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Hydroxyethyl Starch or Saline for Fluid Resuscitation in Intensive Care

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Oct 17, 2012

Authors:

John Myburgh

Simon Finfer

Rinaldo Bellomo

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The safety and efficacy of hydroxyethyl starch (HES) for fluid resuscitation have not been fully evaluated, and adverse effects of HES on survival and renal function have been reported. METHODS: We randomly assigned 7000 patients who had been admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) in a...

Subject

Medicine

Hydroxyethyl starch

Resuscitation

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