Costly colloids were no more effective than less-expensive crystalloids in reducing the risk for death when used to resuscitate patients with significant blood loss, according to a study published ...

Among intensive care unit (ICU) patients with hypovolemia, treatment with colloids vs crystalloids was associated with similar 28-day mortality, according to a multicenter, randomized clinical trial ...

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 ...

Urine is a highly saturated solution of extremely complicated composition. Its basic organic constituents are urea, uric acid and its salts, formed by the oxidation of purines. In that fluid, ...

(HealthDay News) – For patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with hypovolemic shock, 28-day mortality is not significantly different with use of colloids vs. crystalloids for fluid ...

Both balanced crystalloids and saline are used for intravenous fluid administration in critically ill adults, but it is not known which results in better clinical outcomes. In a pragmatic, ...

An institute devoted solely to tracking down and getting acquainted with the elusive colloid, with a building and endowment costing $1,000,000, is the avowed aim of the American Chemical Society, ...