A new study shows the use of corn-based hydroxyethyl starches (HES), the most common blood volume expanders used to resuscitate critically ill patients with low blood pressure, may be doing more harm than good.
A team of researchers led by Dr. Ryan Zarychanski at the George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI) at the […]

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Manitoba’s intensive care units (ICUs) operate efficiently, even though the supply of ICU beds in Manitoba is lower than the national average, says a new report from researchers in the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Medicine.
In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers from the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy examined the use of […]

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