On July 7, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new warnings regarding hydroxyethyl starch (HES) blood volume expanders. Specifically, the FDA is now requiring manufacturers to ...

The basic experimental model tested the ability of an infusion of human plasma to expand the normal plasma volume to a hypervolemic state and to maintain this expansion for several hours. The kinetics ...

It should be noted that nonionic 5% or 10% dextrose solution is not a plasma expander, as the volume remaining in the vascular compartment after intravenous infusion is insignificant because of rapid ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Starches may be safe after all for fluid resuscitation in perioperative medicine, based on the PHOENICS non-inferiority trial addressing longstanding concerns from regulators and the ...