People worry about the potassium levels in Lactated Ringer's aka (Ringers Lactate) but what if I were to tell you that there's more hyperkalemia with saline? 0.9% saline is 154mmol/L of sodium and 154mmol/L of chloride. That's it. There's no potassium, calcium, magnesium, nor buffering agent in there. Ringer's lactate, however, has 130mmol/L of sodium, …

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