title: [Preliminary experiences with the treatment of shock in horses with a plasma expander from a starch base].
abstract: HAES Steril 10% is a colloidal plasma expander rarely used in veterinary medicine. In this study HAES was used in clinical cases for the treatment of shock and in a comparative hypervolemic hemodilution study (HAES versus lactated Ringer's solution) using two experimental horses. Injection of a HAES volume equivalent to 10% of estimated blood volume resulted in a highly significant drop in PCV and in a significant drop in total protein concentration. Half live of HAES was approximately two hours. No incompatibility reactions were observed. In man HAES improves microcirculation. Studies in progress may confirm a similar effect in the equine.
authors.affiliation: Veterinär-Medizinische Klinik, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hermann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bretscher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thiébaud
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meister
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006438:Hemodilution / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D010952:Plasma Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012769:Shock / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D013213:Starch
chemical_list: D010952:Plasma Substitutes; D013213:Starch
vernacular_title: Erste Erfahrungen bei der Schockbehandlung des Pferdes Mit Einem Plasmaexpander auf Stärkebasis.