Comparative clinical effects of balanced crystalloids and saline are uncertain, particularly in noncritically ill patients cared for outside an intensive care unit (ICU). We conducted a single-center, ...

It should be noted that nonionic 5% or 10% dextrose solution is not a plasma expander, as the volume remaining in the vascular compartment after intravenous infusion is insignificant because of rapid ...

Making lactated Ringer's solution the hospital-wide standard for fluid administration didn't help hard outcomes compared with normal saline, a large Canadian trial showed, although one small ...

The need for well-organized blood donation and transfusion services is critical for the safety and efficacy of blood products. Blood safety, or hemovigilance, refers to a set of surveillance ...

All plasma expanders exert metabolic effects – either favorable effects such as correction of hypovolemia-induced lactic acidosis or renal failure, or unwanted adverse effects such as hypotonic ...

Both balanced crystalloids and saline are used for intravenous fluid administration in critically ill adults, but it is not known which results in better clinical outcomes. In a pragmatic, ...