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Text: Patients in HS+HES group received lactated Ringer solution following 4 ml/kg of 7. 5 % HS and 6 % HES 130/0. 4 500 ml, those in HES group received lactated Ringer solution following 6 % HES 130/0. 4 500 ml, and those in the lactated Ringer group (RL group) received lactated Ringer solution only. Mean arterial pressure (MAP), oxygenation index (PaO/FiO), arterial lactate (Lac), lactate clearance rate, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHEII) score, fluid infusion volume, urine output as well as incidence of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), and mortality were compared among three groups at 6 hours and 24 hours after ICU admission.