“…Thus, ready availability, lower cost, and lesser risk of infectious complications may favor the use of isotonic crystalloids than colloids (Roberts and Bratton, 1998;Waikar and Chertow, 2000;Bunn et al, 2003;Rhee et al, 2003;Boldt, 2004;Mendez et al, 2005a;Niermeyer, 2006;Perel and Roberts, 2007;Myburgh and Finfer, 2009;Niemi et al, 2010;Schrier, 2010;Bunn et al, 2011).…”