The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of a "Health-at-every-size" (HAES) intervention on psychological variables and body weight the weight-preoccupied overweight/obese women. Those women were randomized into three groups (1) HAES, (2) social support (SS), (3) waiting-list (WL), and were tested at baseline, post-treatment and six-month and one-year follow-ups. All participants p...

Haemaccel (Aventis Pharma, Frankfurt, Germany) is a volume replacement solution with 3.5% urea-linked gelatin. From the actual scientific knowledge its volume effect has been proven to be shorter and of less extent than the volume effect of HAES-steril 10% (Fresenius Kabi, Bad Homburg, Germany), a volume substitute consisting of 10% HES 200/ 0.5 (2–4). Some data even show a marked difference be...

In their recent report on the results of a clinical trial on effects of hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.4 and HES 200/0.5 on microcirculation perfusion and tissue oxygenation in patients undergoing liver surgery, Cui and co-workers [1] concluded that for patients undergoing major abdominal surgeries that entail a large amount of blood loss, using HES 130/0.4 for volume replacement treatment may...

The Fluids in Resuscitation of Severe Trauma (FIRST) study meets all of the criteria for assessment as a low risk of bias study, contrary to the unsupported allegations by Bayer and Reinhardt. We dispute the letter from Bayer and Reinhart together with the response from He et al. [1]. Bayer and Reinhart claim that the FIRST study [2] has a high risk of bias and cite two non-peer-reviewed letter...

I review the status of the search for extremely metal-poor halo stars with the Hamburg/ESO objective-prism survey (HES). 2 194 candidate metal-poor turnoff stars and 6 133 giants in the magnitude range 14 . B . 17.5 have been selected from 329 (out of 380) HES fields, covering an effective area of 6 400 square degrees in the southern extragalactic sky. Moderate-resolution followup observations ...

The prevention of ischemic injury to preserve both end-organ function and improve neurological recovery by the implementation of therapeutic hypothermia has been well established in the literature. However, not only the means by which body temperature is cooled but also the rate by which target temperature is attained remains an area of continued interest and research. The induction of therapeu...

The mono-6-deoxy-6-azides of 2,6-di-O-methyl-β-cyclodextrin (DIMEB) and randomly methylated-β-cyclodextrin (RAMEB) were conjugated to propargylated hydroxyethyl starch (HES) by Cu(+)-catalysed [2 + 3] cycloaddition. The resulting water soluble polymers showed lower critical solution temperatures (LCST) at 52.5 °C (DIMEB-HES) and 84.5 °C (RAMEB-HES), respectively. LCST phase separations could be...

hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.4 in 9,587 patients and a meta-analysis evaluating HES 130/0.42 in 804 patients, HES 130 was shown to increase mortality and the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) [1]. In the largest included trial of the meta-analysis, the Crystalloid versus Hydroxyethyl Starch Trial (CHEST) with 7,000 ICU patients [2], HES 130/0.4 increased the need for RRT despite a low...

BACKGROUND Quantification of renal fluid conservation is possible by urine analysis, and the results can indicate dehydration. The present report sought to determine whether this fluid retention correlates with fluid requirements during major abdominal surgeries that have estimated operating times ≥ 2 h. METHODS Urine colour, specific weight, osmolality and creatinine concentration were used ...

REVIEWER COMMENTS. Most of the published information on the HES has focused on adult patients. This report compares a pediatric case report of HES and a review of published pediatric cases of this condition to adult patients with this syndrome. This is an insightful clinical report that should be useful in the overall workup of pediatric patients who present with dramatic eosinophilia ( 1500/mm...