title: EMA confirms that hydroxyethyl starch solutions should not be used in critically ill, sepsis, or burns patients.
authors.affiliation: London.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mayor
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D000075202:Contraindications; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives / Q000009:adverse effects; D060735:Pharmacovigilance; D010952:Plasma Substitutes / Q000009:adverse effects; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018805:Sepsis / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives; D010952:Plasma Substitutes