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Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 1 Composition of commonly used isotonic crystalloid solutions

From: The surviving sepsis campaign: fluid resuscitation and vasopressor therapy research priorities in adult patients

Fluid

pH

Na+ (mmol/L)

Cl– (mmol/L)

K+ (mmol/L)

Ca2+ (mmol/L)

Mg2+ (mmol/L)

Other

Plasma

7.4

180

100

5

2.2

1

 

Sodium chloride 0.9%

5.4

154

154

–

–

–

 

Lactated Ringer’s

6.5

131

111

5.4

2

–

Lactate 28

Plasma-Lyte 148

5.5

140

98

5

–

2.5

Acetate 27

Gluconate 23

  1. Dash denotes absent from the fluid
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