Biomaterial Database

Colloid versus crystalloid fluid therapy in surgical patients. 2015

L Arunachalam, and J MacFie

Academic Surgical Unit, Castle Hill Hospital, Castle Road, Cottingham, Hull HU16 5JQ, UK.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007552	Isotonic Solutions	Solutions having the same osmotic pressure as blood serum, or another solution with which they are compared. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed & Dorland, 28th ed)	Solutions, Isotonic
D003102	Colloids	Two-phase systems in which one is uniformly dispersed in another as particles small enough so they cannot be filtered or will not settle out. The dispersing or continuous phase or medium envelops the particles of the discontinuous phase. All three states of matter can form colloids among each other.	Hydrocolloids,Colloid,Hydrocolloid
D005440	Fluid Therapy	Therapy whose basic objective is to restore the volume and composition of the body fluids to normal with respect to WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE. Fluids may be administered intravenously, orally, by intermittent gavage, or by HYPODERMOCLYSIS.	Oral Rehydration Therapy,Rehydration,Rehydration, Oral,Oral Rehydration,Rehydration Therapy, Oral,Therapy, Fluid,Therapy, Oral Rehydration,Fluid Therapies,Oral Rehydration Therapies,Oral Rehydrations,Rehydration Therapies, Oral,Rehydrations,Rehydrations, Oral,Therapies, Fluid,Therapies, Oral Rehydration
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006895	Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives	Starches that have been chemically modified so that a percentage of OH groups are substituted with 2-hydroxyethyl ether groups.	Hetastarch,Elohes,HAES-steril,Hemohes,Hespan,Hydroxyethyl Starch (130 KD-0.4 Substitution),Hydroxyethyl Starch 130-0.4,Hydroxyethylated Starches,Pentafraction,Pentaspan,Pentastarch,Plasmasteril,Starches, 2-Hydroxyethyl,2-Hydroxyethyl Starches,Derivatives, Hydroxyethyl Starch,Hydroxyethyl Starch 130 0.4,Starch Derivatives, Hydroxyethyl,Starches, 2 Hydroxyethyl,Starches, Hydroxyethylated
D000077324	Crystalloid Solutions	Isotonic solutions of mineral salts, such as RINGER'S LACTATE and SODIUM CHLORIDE (SALINE SOLUTION), used in FLUID THERAPY to rehydrate BLOOD VOLUME.	Crystalloid Solution,Crystalloid,Solution, Crystalloid,Solutions, Crystalloid
D013514	Surgical Procedures, Operative	Operations carried out for the correction of deformities and defects, repair of injuries, and diagnosis and cure of certain diseases. (Taber, 18th ed.).	Surgical Procedures,Ghost Surgery,Operative Procedures,Operative Surgical Procedure,Operative Surgical Procedures,Procedure, Operative Surgical,Procedures, Operative Surgical,Surgery, Ghost,Surgical Procedure, Operative,Operative Procedure,Procedure, Operative,Procedure, Surgical,Procedures, Operative,Procedures, Surgical,Surgical Procedure
D056737	Safety-Based Drug Withdrawals	Removal of a drug from the market due to the identification of an intrinsic property of the drug that results in a serious risk to public health.	Drug Withdrawal Due to Safety,Drug Withdrawals Due to Safety,Safety-Based Drug Withdrawal,Drug Withdrawal, Safety-Based,Drug Withdrawals, Safety-Based,Safety Based Drug Withdrawal,Safety Based Drug Withdrawals