Table 1 Composition of commonly used crystalloids
From: Fluid bolus therapy in pediatric sepsis: a narrative review
Human plasma | Normal saline | Hartmann’s solution | Ringer’s lactate | Ringer’s acetate | Plasma-Lyte | Sterofundin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sodium | 140 ± 5 | 154 | 131 | 130 | 130 | 140–141 | 145 |
Chloride | 102 ± 8 | 154 | 111 | 109 | 112 | 98 | 127 |
Potassium | 4.5 ± 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Calcium | 2.4 ± 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 |
Magnesium | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 |
Bicarbonate | 28 ± 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lactate | < 2 | 0 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gluconate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Acetate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 24 |
Malate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Osmolarity | 285 ± 10 | 308 | 278 | 273 | 276 | 295 | 309 |
pH | 7.4 ± 0.02 | 4.5–7.0 | 5.0–7.0 | 6.0–7.5 | 6.0–8.0 | 6.5–8.0 | 5.1–5.9 |
SID | 40 ± 2 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 50 | 27 |
Na/Cl ratio | 1.21–1.54 | 1 | 1.18 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.43 | 1.14 |