Feb. 24, 2004 (Orlando) — Fluid resuscitation is a cornerstone of intensive care therapy, yet for years there has been little agreement about the best fluid to use — crystalloid or colloid. Now, ...

This article provides an overview of fluid therapy, covering the NICE guidance and clarifying the differences between crystalloids and colloids, and when to use them. Citation:Smith L (2017) Choosing ...

Using a crystalloid solution during surgery was better than saline for improving deceased donor kidney transplant outcomes, according to the BEST-Fluids trial. Compared with standard saline IV fluids, ...

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 ...

Crystalloid vs Colloid: What's the 'Solution'? The first choice made when selecting a resuscitation fluid is whether to use a crystalloid or colloid solution. While there are really only 2 types of ...

Lactated Ringer's solution yielded a similar composite risk of death or hospital readmission within 90 days as normal saline. A small absolute lower risk of 90-day mortality was seen, but it was not ...

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, ...

Starch-based IV fluids used by the NHS to treat seriously ill patients are causing unnecessary deaths, according to a new Cochrane systematic review by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & ...

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 ...

Making lactated Ringer's solution the hospital-wide standard for fluid administration didn't help hard outcomes compared with normal saline, a large Canadian trial showed, although one small ...