Fluid resuscitation with colloid or crystalloid solutions in critically ill patients: A systematic review of randomised trials

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7136, 1998, Pages 961-964

  Schierhout, Gill ^a   Roberts, Ian ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Child Health Monitoring Unit

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; ISOTONIC SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLOID; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRYSTALLOID; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0032574523     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7136.961     Document Type: Article

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