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Sidney Ringer

British physiologist

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development of Ringer’s solution

  • Lactated Ringer's solution is administered intravenously to restore circulating blood volume in trauma victims and to maintain blood volume during surgery.
    In Ringer’s solution

    …was introduced by the physiologist Sidney Ringer in 1882 for the frog heart. The solution contains sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, and sodium bicarbonate in the concentrations in which they occur in body fluids. If sodium lactate is used instead of sodium bicarbonate, the mixture is called lactated Ringer’s…

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