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There’s A Much Safer IV Liquid Than Saline, Suggests New Study

posted by janrinok on Wednesday February 28 2018, @09:04PM   
from the you're-a-drip dept.

Fnord666 writes:

Would it be wise for many hospitals to replace saline with balanced fluids for hospitalized patients? It appears so. Doing such a move might significantly reduce mortality and morbidity, according to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Matthew W. Semler during a presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

The study involved 28,000 patients at Vanderbilt University who were given either saline-based IV bags or balanced fluid variants. They found that for every 100 patients on balanced fluids, there was one fewer death or critical kidney damage. Yes, 1 percent doesn't seem a dramatic reduction — but when viewed at a grander scale, that could mean up to 70,000 fewer deaths and 100,000 fewer incidents of kidney problems annually in the United States.

Source: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/222043/20180228/a-new-study-suggests-there-s-a-much-safer-iv-liquid-than-saline.htm

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• Re:"Balanced fluid" (Score: 3, Informative) by frojack on Thursday March 01 2018, @01:02AM

  by frojack (1554) on Thursday March 01 2018, @01:02AM (#645536) Journal

  Ringers predates saline in terms of preference. Somewhere the bean counters started practicing medicine.

  Another article explains in more detail what constitutes balance: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23743589 [nih.gov] and they are not so sure its yet a slam dunk.

  The case for balanced crystalloids is growing but unproven. A large randomized controlled trial of balanced crystalloids versus 0.9% sodium chloride is the next step.

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