title: Hydroxyethyl starch-induced macroamylasemia.
abstract: Summarizing, the following results were obtained: 1. After infusion of 500 ml hydroxyethyl starch 6% in all patients an increase of serum amylase occurred, which in most cases reached values twice as high as the basal value. 2. This hyperamylasemia is caused by the formation of a high molecular HES-amylase complex, which cannot be easily eliminated. 3. In no case was hyperamylasemia associated with other clinical signs or symptoms.
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D006801:Humans; D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects; D013213:Starch / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives; D013213:Starch; D000681:Amylases