Mortality after hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 infusion: An updated meta-analysis of randomized trials

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue JULY, 2012, Pages

  Wiedermann, Christian J ^a   Joannidis, Michael ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Colloids; Critical illness; Fluid resuscitation; Haemodynamic instability; Intensive care unit; Mortality; Volume therapy

Indexed keywords

HETASTARCH; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CRYSTALLOID; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLASMA VOLUME; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

HETASTARCH; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84864544425     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13656     Document Type: Article

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