Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lactated Ringer solution is the preferred volume resuscitation fluid for patients with sickle cell disease who ...

A recent shortage of intravenous (IV) solutions, most acutely affecting normal saline solutions, has prompted concerns across the nation. This most recent incident adds to a growing list of products ...

In the cohort of over 55,000 patient encounters, patients who received lactated Ringer solution had more hospital-free days compared with those who received normal saline (marginal mean difference 0.4 ...

To compare the efficacy of albumin to normal saline (NS) for initial hydration therapy for dehydrated term infants with severe metabolic acidosis due to acute diarrhea. After 3 h of treatment, both ...

Neither intravenous (IV) sodium bicarbonate nor oral N-acetylcysteine (NAC) were superior to IV saline in reducing 90-day adverse events or contrast-associated acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients ...

Hospitals across the country are struggling with a shortage of one of their essential medical supplies. Manufacturers are rationing saline solution — essentially pharmaceutical-grade saltwater. The ...

image: A new study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare finds there may be a better and safer treatment option for emergency department and hospital patients than saline solution, which is used ...

The nation with the world's highest per capita health costs has been experiencing all manner of drug shortages for years. Most recently, hospitals have even been fighting to get enough sterile saline, ...

At least 40 patients mistakenly received unsterilized, "simulated" intravanous fluids -- meant for training only -- instead of the sterile saline solution normally given to people in the hospital, ...