SummarySepsis is associated with a profound intravascular fluid deficit due to
vasodilatation, venous pooling and capillary leakage. Fluid therapy is aimed at restoration of …

Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) is a widely used plasma substitute for correcting perioperative
hypovolemia. HES preparations are defined by concentration, molar substitution (MS), mean …

Background: Severe closed soft-tissue injury (CSTI) results in progressively developing
microvascular dysfunction and local inflammation. Cooling reduces swelling, pain, cellular …

MCF was not significantly changed in any TEG® measurements, and no differences
between the 2 groups were shown within the study period. The choice of plasma substitute2 …

In the critically ill patient in an intensive care unit ICU) a number of pathophysiological
changes occur in systemic haemodynamics, organ blood flow and immune function …

A major pathway of closed soft-tissue injury is failure of microvascular perfusion combined
with a persistently enhanced inflammatory response. We therefore tested the hypothesis that …

Hypovolaemia is extremely common among cardiac surgical patients. Fluid deficits can
occur in the abscence of obvious fluid loss secondary to vasodilation or alterations of the …

How to Maintain and Restore Fluid Balance: Colloids Page 1 FE Agrò (ed.), Body Fluid
Management, DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-2661-2_4 © Springer-Verlag Italia 2013 47 How to …

Absolute or relative blood volume deficits often occur in the perioperative period. Bleeding
may cause absolute volume deficits-vasodilation mediated by vasodilating substances (eg …

Cardiac surgery is responsible for profound modification in body water distribution,
electrolyte plasma concentration, and acid-base balance. Maintaining homeostasis must …