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Crystalloid Compositon - Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers, PlasmaLyte
#Pharmacology #Crystalloids #Contents #Comparison #Table #Normosol #Plasmalyte #LactatedRingers #NormalSaline
Lactated Ringers, PlasmaLyte ... Table #Normosol #Plasmalyte ... #NormalSaline #NS
Crystalloid pH, Contents and Costs Compared
Plasma	pH 7.4
Normal Saline	pH 5.5*	
Ringer’s Lactate pH 6.5	
Plasmalyte A pH 6.5	
Coca-cola pH
Lactate pH 6.5 Plasmalyte ... Pharmacology #Costs #NS ... LactatedRingers #Plasmalyte
Considerations for Crystalloids - 0.9% NS vs LR vs Plasma-Lyte
 - Causes hyperkalemia?
 - Safe to
Crystalloids - 0.9% NS ... Update: AKI in NS ... comparison #LR #plasmalyte ... #NS #lactatedringer
Normal Saline vs Lactated Ringer's vs Plasma-Lyte - Here's what all this stuff has in it:
#Pharm
#NormalSaline #Plasmalyte ... #LR #IVFluids #NS
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
hypovolemia) - Use LR/Plasmalyte ... Bicarb<22) - avoid NS
Physical Exam findings in Lower Extremity DVT - Likelihood Ratios
 - Asymmetric calf swelling, ≥2 cm
- Tenderness - NS ... Palpable cord - NS ... Homans sign - NS
Choose Your Fluid: Crystalloid Comparison Chart:
Plasma vs Plasma-Lyte, Saline (.45%, 0.9%, 2%, 3%), D5W, Ringer's Lactate,
LactatedRingers #Plasmalyte
Cushing Syndrome - Likelihood Ratios of Physical Exam Findings
Moon facies LR +1.6
Central obesity LR +3.0
Generalized obesity
, in women LR +NS ... blue striae LR NS
Crystalloid Fluids - Contents Comparison Table
Normal plasma
0.9% saline (a.k.a. "normal saline" or NS)
0.45% saline (a.k.a. 1/2
normal saline" or NS ... saline (a.k.a. 1/2 NS
Syphilis - Diagnosis and Management - Primary vs Secondary vs Tertiary
Primary Syphilis
 • Localized lymphadenopathy
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Neurosyphilis (NS ... tests rule out NS