2018 May 01

New citation required and conclusions have changed

We found that there was probably little or no difference in mortality according to whether starches or crystalloids were used for fluid resuscitation. Mortality data for other types of colloids remained the same.

2018 May 01

New search has been performed

New authors added (Sharon Lewis, Michael Pritchard, Andrew Butler, David Evans, Andrew Smith, Phil Alderson). Two review authors removed (Pablo Perel and Katharine Ker).

Edits made to the Background and Methods sections. Change to criteria for considering studies in the review (we excluded elective surgery). Added three new outcomes (transfusion of blood products, need for renal replacement therapy; adverse events ‐ allergic reaction, itching, rashes). We reassessed all studies included in the previous version of the review and excluded studies that did not meet the new inclusion criteria. We completed data extraction and risk of bias on all studies, including those from the previous version of the review. We added a 'Summary of findings' table for each of four comparisons by type of colloid (starches; dextrans; gelatins; and albumin or fresh frozen plasma).

2013 Feb 25

Amended

Minor corrections made to the results section.

2012 Oct 17

Amended

Copy edits made to graph labels.

2011 Feb 10

New citation required but conclusions have not changed

The editorial group is aware that a clinical trial by Prof. Joachim Boldt has been found to have been fabricated (Boldt 2009). As the editors who revealed this fabrication point out (Reinhart 2011; Shafer 2011), this casts some doubt on the veracity of other studies by the same author. All Cochrane Injuries Group reviews which include studies by this author have therefore been edited to show the results with this author's trials included and excluded. Readers can now judge the potential impact of trials by this author ( Boldt 1986, Boldt 1993, Boldt 2001, Lang 2001, Lang 2003) on the conclusions of the review.

The authors of the review have changed.

2009 Apr 17

New search has been performed

April 2009

An updated search for new trials was conducted in October 2008. One new study was included (Brunkhorst 2008). The analysis, results and discussion sections have been revised accordingly.

2008 Jul 16

Amended

Converted to new review format.

2017 May 10

Amended

Converted to new review format.

2017 May 10

Amended

Converted to new review format.