The lactate in lactated Ringer's solution reduces acidity as it is converted into bicarbonate, a base element that helps regulate the body's pH balance and avoid acidosis.
As lactated Ringer's doesn't remain in the body as long as saline does, it is less likely to cause a complication known as hypervolemia (fluid overload).
What Are Lactated Ringers and Normal Saline?
Your body is made up of about 60% water. About two-thirds of this fluid is stored in your cells. The rest is in your blood vessels and between your cells. Your brain and heart are 73% water. Your lungs are 83% water. Your muscles and kidneys are 69% water, and your skin is 64% water.
Some of the functions water performs in your body include:
- Helps cells perform basic functions
- Lubricates your joints
- Regulates your internal body temperature
- Transports protein and carbohydrates
- Eliminates waste through urine and feces
- Acts as a shock absorber for your brain and spinal cord
How Are Lactated Ringers and Normal Saline Similar?
Lactated ringers and normal saline are two types of fluid-replacement products. They are both crystalloid solutions. This means that they have small molecules that can easily flow through membranes, such as the cell membranes in your body's tissues. Lactated ringers and normal saline are also both isotonic solutions. This means that they are similar to plasma in the number of dissolved particles they contain.
Lactated ringers contain:
- Sodium chloride
- Sodium lactate
- Potassium chloride
- Calcium chloride dihydrate
- Water for injection
Lactated ringers are more similar to your blood plasma than normal saline.
Lactated ringers are used for:
- Burn
- trauma
- Acute blood loss
- Metabolic acidosis, which is an electrolyte disorder
- Electrolyte loss (Vomiting, Diarrhea)
- sepsis
- acute pancreatitis
- Electrolyte loss
- maintain serum potassium
- glucose levels at more normal levels
- respiratory acidosis whose acid-base balance is characteristically thrown off
- acute and chronic renal disease
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