Long-term outcomes in patients with severe sepsis randomised to resuscitation with hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.42 or Ringer's acetate.

Purpose: We assessed long-term mortality and hospitalisation in patients with severe sepsis resuscitated with hydroxyethyl starch (HES) or Ringer's acetate.Methods: This was an investigator-initiated, parallel-grouped, blinded randomised trial using computer-generated allocation sequence and central...

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Published in:Intensive Care Medicine Vol. 40; no. 7; pp. 927 - 935
Main Authors: Perner, Anders, Haase, Nicolai, Winkel, Per, Guttormsen, Anne B, Tenhunen, Jyrki, Klemenzson, Gudmundur, Müller, Rasmus G, Aneman, Anders, Wetterslev, Jørn
Format: research randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Jul2014
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