Randomized evaluation of fluid resuscitation with crystalloid (saline) and colloid (polymer from degraded gelatin in saline) in pediatric septic shock.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of crystalloid (Normal saline) and colloid (polymer from degraded Gelatin in saline Haemaccel) intravenous fluid in restoration of circulating volume in children with septic shock.

Design: Prospective, randomized, open-label trial.

Setting: Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Unit of a tertiary care referral and teaching hospital.