TY - BOOK AU - Mohamed Mohamed Abdelhak AU - Amany Kamal Elsawy , AU - Naguib Zohair Mostafa , AU - Samer Abbas Adbou Ahmed , TI - Gelatin 4% versus hydroxethyl starch (130/0.4) : : Effect on blood coagulation hemostasis renal function and platelet aggregation in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery / PY - 2010/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Mohamed Abdelhak , KW - Colloids KW - Gelatin KW - Platelet aggregation N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anaesthesia; Issued also as CD N2 - The general purpose of the present study was to compare the efficacy and safety of HES (130/0.4) with that of 4% gelatine when these solutions were used in large does >20 ml/kg/day . According to a prospective random sequence 40 patients undergoing major abdominal surgery received either HES 130/0.4 (n 20 ) until the first postoperative day (POD) to keep central venous pressure between 8 - 12 cm H2o and standard coagulation variables were measured platelet aggregation was induced by adenosine diphosphate and renal function were also measured ER -