Is Hydroxyethyl Starch Guilty or Not?

In Response: We do agree with Dr. Celebioglu that the patient's death was due to clip malposition and not to coagulation abnormalities. Figure 1of our original article [1] shows that death occurred after coagulopathy had resolved. Stephane Baldassarre, MD Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD Department of Intensive Care; Universite Libre de Bruxelles; B-1070 Brusells, Belgium