THE fact that the colloid osmotic pressures exerted by the body fluids of marine animals arrange themselves in the order of their phylogenetic development 1, suggested that there exists a definite ...

As reported some months ago 1, measurements of the colloid osmotic pressure of the body fluids of marine animals gave results which arranged themselves in the order of phylogenetic development. This ...

The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship of many of the world's most distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science, engineering and medicine, and is the oldest scientific academy in ...

When an assembly of microgel particles includes one particle that's significantly larger than the rest, that oversized particle spontaneously shrinks to match the size of its smaller neighbors. This ...

To answer your question more explicitly, there is no clear evidence on which to base the choice of intravenous fluid resuscitation agent in patients with septic shock. Colloids have physiologic ...