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Does hydroxyethyl starch (HES) colloids improve outcomes compared to crystalloids in patients undergoing scheduled or elective noncardiac surgery?
Does hydroxyethyl starch (HES) colloids improve outcomes compared to crystalloids in patients undergoing scheduled or elective noncardiac surgery?
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Current evidence is insufficient to determine if there is a difference in outcomes between HES colloids and crystalloids in elective noncardiac surgery.
This meta-analysis, based on small studies with low event rates, suggests that there are currently insufficient data to identify a difference in outcomes associated with crystalloids and HES in scheduled or elective noncardiac surgery.
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Raiman et al. (2015) studied this question.
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