Hydroxyethyl starch (HES/HAES), sold under the brand name Voluven among others, is a nonionic starch derivative, used as a volume expander in intravenous...

2012, a paper was published raising concerns regarding the use of hydroxyethyl starch in sepsis. Fresenius Kabi, which makes the product, threatened legal...

modified starches for technical applications are cationic starches, hydroxyethyl starch, carboxymethylated starches and thiolated starches. As an additive...

context include albumin and fresh frozen plasma.[citation needed] Hydroxyethyl starch (HES/HAES, common trade names: Hespan, Voluven) is controversial...

Crystalloid solutions shows little difference with hydroxyethyl starch in terms of risk of death. Starches also carry an increased risk of acute kidney injury...

Hydroxyethyl starch-induced pruritus is an intense itching, lasting for as long as one year, occurring following hydroxyethyl starch intravenous infusion...

(INS 1440, E1440), starch ether, with propylene oxide, increasing viscosity stability hydroxyethyl starch, with ethylene oxide starch sodium octenyl succinate...

medicinal colloids. He was an advocate for the use of colloidal hydroxyethyl starch (HES) to boost blood pressure during surgery. However, a meta-analysis...

initial fluid of choice, while the use of colloid solutions such as hydroxyethyl starch have not shown any advantage or decrease in mortality. When large...

GnRH agonist protocol. A Cochrane review found administration of hydroxyethyl starch decreases the incidence of severe OHSS. There was insufficient evidence...