Table 2 Electrolyte composition of the main balanced solutions available for intravenous administration.
| Â | Crystalloids | Gelatins | Starches | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lactated Ringer’s | Acetated Ringer’s | Hartmann’s | PlasmaLyte | Sterofundin ISOa | ELO-MEL isoton | Isoplex | Gelaspan | Hextend | Tetraspan | |
Na+ [mEq/L] | 130 | 132 | 131 | 140 | 145 | 140 | 145 | 151 | 143 | 140 |
K+ [mEq/L] | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Ca2+ [mEq/L] | 3 | 3 | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Mg2+ [mEq/L] | – | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.8 | 2 | 0.9 | 2 |
Cl− [mEq/L] | 109 | 110 | 111 | 98 | 127 | 108 | 105 | 103 | 124 | 118 |
Lactate [mEq/L] | 28 | – | 29 | – | – | – | 25 | – | 28 | – |
Acetate [mEq/L] | – | 29 | – | 27 | 24 | 45 | – | 24 | – | 24 |
Malate [mEq/L] | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
Gluconate [mEq/L] | – | – | – | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Dextrose [g L-1] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Gelatin [g/L] | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 40 | – | – |
HES [g/L] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 60 | 60 |
Dextran [g/L] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
In-vivo SID [mEq/L] | 28 | 29 | 29 | 50 | 29 | 45 | 45.8 | 56 | 28 | 29b |
Osmolarity [mOsm/L] | 278 | 277 | 279 | 294 | 309 | 302 | 284 | 284 | 307 | 297 |