Whether the use of balanced multielectrolyte solution (BMES) in preference to 0.9% sodium chloride solution (saline) in critically ill patients reduces the risk of acute kidney injury or death is ...

we assigned 15,802 adults to receive saline (0.9% sodium chloride) or balanced crystalloids (lactated Ringer’s solution or Plasma-Lyte A) according to the randomization of the unit to which they ...

BEST-Fluids received balanced crystalloid and saline solutions at no charge from Baxter Healthcare, which markets Plasma-Lyte 148. The study received no other commercial funding. Collins ...

Compared with standard saline IV fluids, deceased donor kidney transplant recipients who instead received a balanced low-chloride crystalloid solution had a 25% lower relative risk for ...

At predefined intervals, all patients at a given time and in a particular CCU were given either saline or a balanced solution (Plasma-Lyte 148) if medically indicated. Each treatment block was 7 ...

Semler 's group randomized 15,802 adult patients being treated in ICUs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to receive saline or a balanced crystalloid solution (lactated Ringer's solution or ...

Vanderbilt has already made the decision to drop saline solution, replacing it with a balanced solution instead. The university decided to make the shift based on the new research, which found ...

Balanced fluids, rather than saline, ... 14.3 percent of the patients treated with a balanced crystalloid solution experienced a major adverse kidney event compared with 15.4 percent of patients ...

The SALT-ED trial (Saline against Lactated Ringer’s or Plasma-Lyte in the Emergency Department) lasted 16 months and involved 13,347 patients; 6,708 (50.3%) were assigned to balanced ...

Among patients on balanced solutions, 16.8 percent died in hospital, versus 17.3 percent who received saline suggesting that one life is saved for every 250 patients treated.