Crystalloid vs Colloid: What's the 'Solution'? The first choice made when selecting a resuscitation fluid is whether to use a crystalloid or colloid solution. While there are really only 2 types of ...

Fluid resuscitation with colloid and crystalloid solutions is a ubiquitous intervention in acute medicine. The selection and use of resuscitation fluids is based on physiological principles, but ...

Among intensive care unit (ICU) patients with hypovolemia, treatment with colloids vs crystalloids was associated with similar 28-day mortality, according to a multicenter, randomized clinical trial ...

Dengue shock syndrome is characterized by severe vascular leakage and disordered hemostasis and progresses to death in 1 to 5 percent of cases. Although volume replacement is recognized as the ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Key Takeaways Hypovolemia is a severe loss of body fluids and can lead to organ ...

Fluid replacement therapy (intravenous infusion of fluid) attempts to reverse the effects of hypovolaemia by increasing circulatory blood volume and blood pressure back towards normal, in order to ...

Researchers have developed a model system for so-called soft colloids. The model gives us a better understanding of correlations between the atomic structure of colloids and their perceptible material ...

This news release is available in German. Colloids are nano- or micrometer-sized finely dispersed particles or droplets. Soft colloids are made up of flexible materials, for example, polymers, such as ...