We read with great interest the study by Chen and colleagues highlighting interest in hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.4 in treatment after hemorrhagic shock to ameliorate oxidative stress and the inflammatory response in a rat model. Compared with HES 200/0.5 and succinylated gelatin, the authors showed that infusions of HES 130/0.4 significantly reduced malondialdehyde levels and myeloperoxida...

BACKGROUND Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) is used for repletion of acute intravasal volume loss in surgical patients. However, in critically ill patients, HES is associated with acute kidney injury. We aimed to evaluate the effect of HES on perioperative cystatin C (cystC)-derived estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRcystC) in patients undergoing open and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. ...

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...

Infusion solutions are able to change the hemostatic system. Thromboelastography (TEG) is an integral technique to evaluate the hemostatic system. TEG was used to evaluate the effect of three infusion solutions (6% hydroxyexyethyl starch (HES) 200/0.5 - Hemohes; HES 130/0.4 - Voluven; modified gelatin solution - Gelofusin) on the hemostatic system in 36 bone marrow donors (healthy individuals)....

BACKGROUND Carboxymethyl starch (CMS) and carboxymethylated hydroxyethyl starch (CM-HES) might offer advantages over hydroxyethyl starch (HES) with regard to their volume expansion effect and their pharmacokinetic characteristics. The goal of the current study was to determine the pharmacokinetics of CMS and CM-HES and to investigate their influence on blood coagulation in comparison with the s...

Editor—The Fluids in Resuscitation of Severe Trauma (FIRST) randomized trial conducted by James and colleagues compared hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.4 with 0.9% saline in the resuscitation of 115 patients with severe blunt or penetrating trauma at a single centre in South Africa. In blunt trauma, which accounts for 86–97% of all traumatic injuries in Europe, 3 no differences were found betwe...

Editor—Delayed graft function (DGF) after transplan-tation of cadaver kidneys is associated with poorer subsequent graft survival. 1 Fluid management during the donor operation can significantly modify the risk of DGF. Thus, in a blinded randomized trial of 69 kidney transplants from brain-dead donors, 2 volume loading with a mean of 2100 ml hydroxyethyl starch (HES) increased the incidence of ...

BACKGROUND Recent research suggests that 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES) 130/0.4 is one of the most frequently used resuscitation fluids worldwide. The retraction of studies evaluating its use necessitates a reevaluation of available evidence regarding its safety and efficacy. METHODS We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of unretracted randomized controlled trials comparing the eff...