https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/clinical-discussions/30759/colloids Hi all, I just wanted to ask which colloids people are using in practice. We use starch based (large molecules) colloids such as voluven, but when I rang around yesterday trying to source more as we had used our supply over the weekend (only a smallen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/170264?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:37:53 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:976fc593-4403-4b2e-8d63-5fb0085a11e9Robyn <p>We don&#39;t stock any at all, as far as I know it&#39;s only the big hospitals here that do. I&#39;ve been meaning to look into it bc I&#39;ve always felt a bit unsure about not having them, but then again we don&#39;t even have a blood pressure machine so they&#39;d be useless to us anyway!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/170252?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:27:00 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:8cc66a32-4739-4046-b86c-d23b7b0f33baapache<p>Colloids kill, I&#39;m quite happy that is what the evidence shows. The only colloid we use is blood (and blood products). I thought I&#39;d miss them and I really don&#39;t.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>