Talk:Ringer's lactate solution

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I just removed the link from the ref and veterinary use section. The link was not valid anymore. The page may still exist at a different url, but I don't have time to lookright now. The url was http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/clientED/cat_fluids.aspx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.141.31.91 (talk) 02:20, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

REF #5 on the application of lactate in case of acidosis, does not work. I could not find a simple fix. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.104.113.244 (talk) 12:16, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

If 55mL/hr/kg is administered to a 50 kg (110 lb) woman, then she is getting 2.75 liters (L) per hour, 66 liters per day. Are you sure 55mL/hr/kg is correct information? -- 06:34, 1 February 2006 65.30.87.61

Seems likely to be correct. Ringer's is often used in cases of dehydration, shock, blood loss and so on, as a way to address hypovolemia. The administration rate described is the maximum, which would often be used because of the need for speed, and discontinued once the symptoms abated (which should not take a long time). No one would be put on such a drip as an ongoing maintenance measure, so far as I know.Bbartlog (talk) 15:54, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Accuracy of statement
This phrase:
 * total fluid volumes are greater in athletic individuals than in obese people of the same weight

Seems vague. It implies that athletic and obese are mutually exclusive opposites. I think it should be changed, but not being familiar with the subject matter, I'm not sure whether 'athletic/sedentary' or 'muscular/high fat' or something else? Anchoress 01:24, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I am not involved with this page but the wording seems quite good to me. Since the contrast is between two individuals of the same weight, one with a high muscle composition and the other with a high fat proportion, athletic and obese makes it quite clear.  To my mind, clearer than sedentary which describes a lifestyle, not a body mass proportion.  And high-fat is just silly when obese is clear.  Steve Rapaport (talk) 10:22, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Compound Sodium Lactate
Values per litre, given by Baxter Healthcare Ltd for their product "Compound Sodium Lactate Intravenous Infusion BP (Hartmann's Solution)":

Sodium 131 mmol

Potassium 5 mmol

Calcium 2 mmol

Chloride 111 mmol

Lactate 29 mmol

So, as you say, not quite the same as Lactated Ringer's although widely regarded as the same thing. Interesting medical-cultural difference between US and UK (or is it US and Europe?). How did this arise - is it solely because the British Pharmacopoeia came up with a specification? Any clinical significance, do you think? Moletrouser 09:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Citation Needed on consternation in ER staff
This is obviously from personal experience. Anyone who has worked in an ER/ED knows that paitents often do "silly" things, much to the chagrin of the staff. This is an example, which is quite typical. It's one of those "What the hell is he doing?!" moments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.165.126.103 (talk) 16:01, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Picture
What is the relevance of the picture of the cat? Can it be deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fantumphool (talk • contribs) 01:19, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Merger proposal
Oppose - I'm not sure why the IP editor suggested it, but while Ringer's lactate solution is a type of Ringer's solution, its health-care importance is sufficient to justify a stand-alone article. Conversely, not all Ringer's solutions include lactate, so it would make no sense to merge that article into this one. HCA (talk) 21:31, 2 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Oppose One is an important type of the other. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 04:46, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Capitalization
What's the standard for capitalizing Ringer's lactated / lactated Ringer's? We capitalize it as "Ringer's lactate" in the title of the article, but under Formulations it says "lactated ringers". The R in Ringer's should definitely be capitalized since it's the name of Sydney Ringer, but should the l in lactated or lactate be capitalized? Is it the first word in a proper name or an adjective that should not be capitalized? 199.204.56.212 (talk) 15:58, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

lactate in not to be capitalized. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.85.177.4 (talk) 17:14, 12 July 2019 (UTC)