See also
     Colloid solutions

     Maintenance fluids 421 rule calculator

 

Crystalloid solutions

Solution	pH	[Na+]	[Cl-]	[K+]	[Ca2+]	[Mg2+]	[Lactate]	[Acetate]	[Gluconate]	[Glucose] (mg/dL)	[Osmolarity] (mOsmol/L)
3% NS	5.0	513	513	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1026
0.9% NS	5.5	154	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	308
0.45% NS	5.6	77	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	154
D5NS	4.4	154	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	4545	560
D5½NS	4.4	77	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	4545	406
D5W	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4545	252
LR	6.5	130	109	4	3	0	28	0	0	0	279
Plasmalyte	7.4	140	98	5	0	3	0	27	23	0	294

 

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The Compendium platform was created by David Kwinter, MD, CCFP(EM).

Dr. Kwinter is a Cayman Family Doctor. He runs a Family Medicine Clinic at Cayman Medical in George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.