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Comment
. 2012 Nov 7;16(6):454; author reply 454.
doi: 10.1186/cc11673.

CRYSTMAS study adds to concerns about renal safety and increased mortality in sepsis patients

Christiane S Hartog, Konrad Reinhart
Comment

CRYSTMAS study adds to concerns about renal safety and increased mortality in sepsis patients

Christiane S Hartog et al. Crit Care. .
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Figure 1
Kaplan-Meier curves for time to renal replacement therapy. Figure taken from the Voluven package insert [3].
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Figure 2
28-day and 90-day mortality rates associated with 10% HES 200/0.5 and 6% HES 130/0.4 versus crystalloids in two multicenter randomised controlled studies of patients with severe sepsis.
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