The case for 0.9% NaCl: Is the undefendable, defensible?

Kidney International

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1087-1095

  Ince, Can ^a   Groeneveld, A B Johan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acid base; Acute kidney injury; Fluid therapy; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BICARBONATE; LACTIC ACID; POTASSIUM; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; CRYSTALLOID; ISOTONIC SOLUTION;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BOHR EFFECT; BRAIN INJURY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CRYSTALLOID; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FLUID THERAPY; HEAD INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERCHLOREMIC ACIDOSIS; HYPOVOLEMIA; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROANGIOPATHY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TISSUE PERFUSION; UNITED STATES; ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMALS; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; RESUSCITATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84926173373     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2014.193     Document Type: Review

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