Does hydroxyethyl starch (HES) colloids improve outcomes compared to crystalloids in patients undergoing scheduled or elective noncardiac surgery?
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.
Raiman et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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