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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Why is saline so acidic (and does it really matter?) |
Author: | Reddi, B. |
Citation: | International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013; 10(6):747-750 |
Publisher: | Ivyspring International Publisher |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 1449-1907 1449-1907 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Benjamin AJ Reddi |
Abstract: | Commercial 0.9% saline solution for infusion has a pH around 5.5. There are many reasons for this acidity, some of them still obscure. It is also true that infusion of normal saline can lead to met-abolic acidaemia, yet the link between the acidity of saline solution and the acidaemia it can en-gender is not straightforward. This commentary draws together the known and putative sources of acidity in saline solutions: it turns out that the acidity of saline solution is essentially unrelated to the acidaemia complicating saline infusion. |
Keywords: | saline acidaemia titratable acidity crystalloid balanced solution Grotthuss. |
Rights: | © Ivyspring International Publisher. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Reproduction is permitted for personal, noncommercial use, provided that the article is in whole, unmodified, and properly cited. |
DOI: | 10.7150/ijms.5868 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/ijms.5868 |
Appears in Collections: | Anaesthesia and Intensive Care publications Aurora harvest |
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