Crystalloids versus colloids……new Cochrane document

 October 16

by Jonathan Downham

Latest Cochrane review re use of colloids in the septic patient. Concludes that their use is not warranted. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/14651858.CD000567.pub5/asset/CD000567.pdf?v=1&t=h42p3v0c&s=cbae16af3279fc4a08803f39de0b24139909c9b9

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