Fluid resuscitation with colloid and crystalloid solutions is a ubiquitous intervention in acute medicine. The selection and use of resuscitation fluids is based on physiological principles, but ...

Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) solutions are the most widely used synthetic colloid volume replacement fluids around the world (1). These infusion solutions contain the osmotically active colloid ...

What are starch-based colloid fluids and how do they differ from saline-based crystalloid fluids? Saline is just salty water, whereas colloids are solutions that have large molecules in them. In this ...

Objective:: to establish the clinical and cost effectiveness of the pre-hospital initiation of fluid therapy in people suffering trauma, and to produce guidance to the NHS in England and Wales. 1 ...

Intravenous fluid therapy is sometimes needed to restore homoeostasis and prevent organ failure. This overview of intravenous fluid use is accompanied by a self-assessment questionnaire so you can ...

The Assessment Report identified randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews of RCTs that compared pre-hospital IV fluid replacement with withheld (no pre-hospital) fluid. Observational ...