SAN ANTONIO -- Hospitalized patients given IV balanced fluids instead of saline showed a roughly 1% decreased incidence of death and serious kidney injury, according to results of two studies that ...

Using a crystalloid solution during surgery was better than saline for improving deceased donor kidney transplant outcomes, according to the BEST-Fluids trial. Compared with standard saline IV fluids, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO — In deceased donor kidney transplant recipients, IV fluid therapy with balanced crystalloid solution ...

Feb. 24, 2004 (Orlando) — Fluid resuscitation is a cornerstone of intensive care therapy, yet for years there has been little agreement about the best fluid to use — crystalloid or colloid. Now, ...

What are starch-based colloid fluids and how do they differ from saline-based crystalloid fluids? Saline is just salty water, whereas colloids are solutions that have large molecules in them. In this ...

Replacing the saline in many IV bags with another solution could save lives, according to two studies published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The sister studies -- one on patients in ...

IV Fluid Shortage Linked to Jump in Postoperative Kidney Injury ...

Two new trials have tried to answer a long-standing question: which intravenous (IV) fluid is better, normal saline or balanced crystalloids? The trials, both conducted at Vanderbilt University in ...

Starch-based intravenous (IV) fluids used by the NHS to treat seriously ill patients are causing unnecessary deaths, according to a new Cochrane systematic review by researchers at the London School ...

Starch-based IV fluids used by the NHS to treat seriously ill patients are causing unnecessary deaths, according to a new Cochrane systematic review by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & ...