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This blinded, randomized, controlled trial reports a higher risk of mortality, need for renal replacement therapy, and blood product transfusion in patients treated with the colloid solution hydroxyethyl starch compared to those treated with the crystalloid solution Ringer’s acetate.

Crystalloid Solutions Still Better than Colloid Solutions for Fluid Resuscitation