Ringer Lactate

Indications & Dose:

1. For replacing the deficit of ECF due to decreased water intake or increased secretion of water even in absence of marked acid base disturbance.

2. In case of burns, infections, fractures peritonial irrigation etc. for the restoration of normal ECF balance during surgery.

3. In moderate metabolic acidosis which occurs in cases of mild renal insufficiency, infant diarrhoea, diabetic ketosis etc.

4. In diabetes mellitus to provide potassium to ECF.

5. During or after giving anaesthesia, to correct metabolic acidosis which results from disturbed respiration.

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Adults 1 to 3 litres/day. Rate: 5 to 10ml/kg body wt/hr.

Route: Intravenous. 

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