Military medicine
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The paper discusses the substantial reduction in weight and volume of the fluids of resuscitation that is possible and desirable on the basis of sound physiology and the vast experience of the U. S. ⋯ These complications were edematous in nature and best known as the Da Nang lung, or adult respiratory distress syndrome, multiorgan dysfunction syndrome, and systemic inflammatory response syndrome. The advantage of colloid in reducing the weight and volume of resuscitation fluids in forward areas by 60% to 90%, as well as in avoiding the edematous complications of crystalloid-, are emphasized.