Hydroxyethyl starches kill people with severe sepsis; use crystalloid instead (RCT)
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Colloids are believed to be more effective expanders of plasma volume than crystalloids, making them a tempting therapy to use for patients in septic shock and other causes of hemodynamic instability. Problem is, some colloid solutions seem to kill people. The
Hydroxyethyl starches kill people with severe sepsis; use crystalloid instead (RCT)
Hydroxyethyl starches kill people with severe…
Hydroxyethyl starches kill people with severe sepsis; use crystalloid instead (RCT)
Colloids are believed to be more effective expanders of plasma volume than crystalloids, making them a tempting therapy to use for patients in septic shock and other causes of hemodynamic instability. Problem is, some colloid solutions seem to kill people. The