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| Subject: Anaesthetic drip blamed for about 20,000 deaths worldwide is still being used in OZschwitz hospitals Sun Sep 01, 2013 12:23 am | |
| An anaesthetic drip that has been blamed for about 20,000 deaths worldwide is still being used in Sydney and Melbourne.
Other countries banned the use of the drip in June and leading intensive care specialists have condemned its continued use in Australia.
It is being used in some hospitals in Sydney.
Experts at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital and Melbourne's Austin Hospital say the starch-based drip increases risk of kidney disease and death.
Australia led scientific research into the risks of hydroxyethyl starch (HES), marketed locally as Voluven, but has been slow to withdraw it, unlike the US, Europe, Britain, Canada and Italy, the experts say. Advertisement
In June, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a high-status warning that said recent data indicated an increased risk of mortality and renal injury and concluded HES solutions should not be used in critically ill adult patients. Britain's regulatory authority issued an urgent recall of the product in June.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/hospital-drip-blamed-for-deaths-still-in-use-20130831-2sxen.html#ixzz2dbzKqTc7
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