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What is the difference between normal saline solution and ringer's lactate solution?
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What is the difference between normal saline solution and ringer's lactate solution?
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Is there any difference between ringer's Lactate solution and Hartman n's Solution?
I am doing a paper and need to know the difference between ringer's lactate and lactate ringers
What is the name of a hypo-tonic solution used in intravenous infusion?
Ringers lactate
Is lactated ringers the same as ringers lactate?
YES
What does a liter of ringers lactate iv fluid weigh in pounds?
1
Why does water for injection not require sterilization?
Normal saline or lactated ringers, or ringers lactate, is already sterilized. It needs no further sterilization.
What iv solution do you use to rehydrate an unconcious person?
Normal saline is usually used when the reason of unconsciousness is unknown. The use of fluids is limited to normal saline and ringers lactate, or lactated ringers is used for fluid replacement in the case of blood loss as it acts as a volume replacement, keeping the blood pressure up.
Is ringers solution a mixture or a compound?
It is a mixture :]
What is lactated ringers and what is its purpose?
Lactated Ringers is a type of intravenous fluid that contains electrolytes such as sodium, potassium, and calcium. Its purpose is to restore fluid and electrolyte balance in the body, especially during situations like dehydration, surgery, or critical illness.
What is ringers lactate solution?
When infused into the body it acts (temporarily) to increase the blood volume, and bring up the blood pressure. People who have been severely injured and have bled a lot benefit from the "volume expander" which helps patients recover from shock until they get blood.
What are the three IV solution types?
In order to be non-toxic it must be isotonic with blood, so we have the salines, normal saline (.9%), ringers lactate, ... and the sugars: in water, in quarter normal, in half normal plus the specials (amino acids to try and prevent starvation)
Can Hextend be used for dehydration?
I'm not sure but I think you would use something more like Ringers Lactate than Hextend for dehydration. Hextend is used when there is sever blood loss.
What are the First line drugs used in a crash?
if your talking about a car accident you would be given normal saline(.9% Sodium Chloride) or Lactated Ringers/Ringers Lactate for fluid replacement in cases of hypovolemic shock. in cardiac arrest you give epi and lidocaine or epi and atropine every five minutes prn
