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Crystalloid Compositon - Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers, PlasmaLyte
#Pharmacology #Crystalloids #Contents #Comparison #Table #Normosol #Plasmalyte #LactatedRingers #NormalSaline
#Crystalloids #Contents ... Comparison #Table #Normosol ... #NormalSaline #NS ... #LR #IVFluids
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
Crystalloid Fluids ... - Contents Comparison ... normal saline" or NS ... Lactated Ringers (LR ... #IVF #Contents
Normal Saline vs Lactated Ringer's vs Plasma-Lyte - Here's what all this stuff has in it:
#Pharm
#Crystalloids #Contents ... LactatedRingers #LR ... #IVFluids #NS
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... disorientation (LR ... + NS) • Cachexia ... requiring aggressive fluid ... Pneumonia #CAP #Diagnosis
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Trial isotonic fluids ... (NS or LR) • ... you confirmed diagnosis ... simplified #workup #diagnosis
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
non-physiologic fluid ... Chloride (Cl-) content ... The high CL- content ... crystalloids like LR ... criticalcare #management #diagnosis
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome & Intrabdominal Pressure Measurement
APP (Abdominal Perfusion Pressure) = MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) -
pressure of abdominal contents ... retroperitoneal fluid ... sepsis, excessive fluid ... to fill with IV fluid ... #Instructions #diagnosis
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
LFTs normal Diagnosed ... improve with 2L LR ... to help confirm diagnosis ... interpretation: hypoechoic contents ... Overall: fluid collection