Journal article
Consensus statement of the ESICM task force on colloid volume therapy in critically ill patients
Abstract
PurposeColloids are administered to more patients than crystalloids, although recent evidence suggests that colloids may possibly be harmful in some patients. The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine therefore assembled a task force to compile consensus recommendations based on the current best evidence for the safety and efficacy of the currently most frequently used colloids—hydroxyethyl starches (HES), gelatins and human …
Authors
Reinhart K; Perner A; Sprung CL; Jaeschke R; Schortgen F; Johan Groeneveld AB; Beale R; Hartog CS
Journal
Intensive Care Medicine, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 368–383
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
March 2012
DOI
10.1007/s00134-012-2472-9
ISSN
0342-4642