Upping the saline and cutting the fluid volume has a pronounced effect on the rate of complications after pancreatic surgery, new research shows. Investigators found that using a hypertonic saline ...

Controversy regarding the use of salt-containing solutions in surgery and trauma has continued for most of the 20th century. In 1911, Evans wrote: The therapeutic value of a physiologic saline ...

Lactated Ringer’s solution is an intravenous fluid that doctors use to treat dehydration and restore fluid balance in the body. The solution consists primarily of water and electrolytes. Other names ...