Whether lactated Ringer’s solution is clinically superior to normal saline for routine intravenous administration of fluids to hospitalized patients is unclear. New research findings are summarized in ...

In an open-label, two-period, two-sequence, cross-sectional, cluster-randomized, crossover trial, we assigned hospitals in Ontario, Canada, to use either lactated Ringer’s solution or normal saline ...

Hospital-wide administration of lactated Ringer solution vs normal saline for hospitalized patients did not significantly reduce 90-day mortality or hospital readmission. (Level of Evidence = 1b) In ...

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