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Parent topics
- Fluid resuscitation [r]: Medical replacement or supplementation of body fluids, using crystalloids or colloids, and certain blood products [e]
- Glucose [r]: A monosaccharide (or simple sugar) and an important carbohydrate in biology, used by the living cell as a source of energy and metabolic intermediate. [e]
- Polymer [r]: A compound of high molecular weight derived either by the addition of many smaller, similar molecules (monomers), or by the condensation of many smaller, similar molecules eliminating water, alcohol, etc. [e]
Subtopics
Colloid alternatives
- Human blood plasma [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dextran 70 [r]: A glucose polymer used as a plasma expander in hypovolemia [e]
- Albumin injection [r]: Compoent of human blood used as a plasma volume expander; has no oxygen-carrying capacity and synthetics increasingly preferred [e]
Diluents and crystalloid alternatives
- Lactated Ringer's injection [r]: A balanced electrolyte solution injected variously to replace fluids or to provide a carrier for medications [e]
- Normal saline [r]: 0.85 or 0.9 percent in water; saline for injection is sterile and uses highly purified water [e]