Are lactated Ringer’s solution and normal saline solution equal with regard to coagulation?
This study compares the perioperative effects of a saline crystalloid and a more balanced and buffered electrolyte crystalloid on clotting. The differences thought to be related to blood clotting that one would anticipate in such a study would that the saline treated patients would become more acidotic and have lower ionized calcium. Therefore, in interpreting […]