Faulty risk-of-bias assessment in a meta-analysis of hydroxyethyl starch for non-septic ICU patients: a rebuttal

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Anzio Road, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7925, South Africa. mike.james@uct.ac.za.
• ² Division of Critical Care and Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
• ³ Division of Critical Care and Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Anzio Road, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7925, South Africa.
• ⁴ Trauma Unit, Division of General Surgery, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Anzio Road, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7925, South Africa.
• ⁵ Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Anzio Road, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7925, South Africa.