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Hydroxyethyl starch induced acquired von Willebrand's disease
M Dalrymple-Hay1, R Aitchison, P Collins
1Department of Haematology, Royal London Hospital.
Clinical and Laboratory Haematology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) (Hespan, DuPont) is a widely used synthetic volume expander which in standard doses of up to 1.5l in 24 h has no significant effect on coagulation (Munsch et al. 1988). However, the data sheet states that in large volumes HES may alter the coagulation mechanism. We now report a case of HES induced acquired von Willebrand's disease (vWD) in which severe bleeding occurred.