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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 02 2018, @07:02AM
asst scoutmaster
When I was a kid, that was an Asst. Cubmaster.
Though they've changed some things, I expect it still is.
Boy scouts
That would be where they start calling them Scoutmasters.
the scoutmaster[']s little sibling who is also a programmer would treat that as a personal insult
Life is politics.
You don't have to go far before you trip over that.
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